[German]Now it's official, shortly after the US midterm elections, Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook's parent, Meta, announces mass layoffs. The company, which operates Facebook, Instagram and WhtsApp, plans to lay off 11,000 employees. That's an estimated 13 percent of its workforce. Other steps are intended to make Meta a leaner and more efficient company.
[German]Google has released a slew of security updates for Google Chrome in the 107 branch in the stable channel for Mac, Linux and Windows as well as for Android (and iOS) on November 8, 2022. Ten vulnerabilities are closed in the process. Continue reading
[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 on Patchday. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.
[German]On November 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft patch day), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 22H1 and 22H2. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates, which are supposed to fix vulnerabilities as well as issues.
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[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of November 8, 2022. These updates are intended to address NotProxyShell vulnerabilities that have been known (and already exploited) since late September 2022, as reported by external security partners.
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[German]On November 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates.
[German]On November 8, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. The security updates fix 68 vulnerabilities, 11 of which are rated critical, and six 0-day vulnerabilities are already exploited. Among other things, a printer vulnerability in Windows, and a Microsoft Exchange vulnerability (NotProxyShell) are corrected – both classified as critical. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday.
[German]Microsoft is phasing out Internet Explorer in the coming months as the browser drops out of support. As of January 2023, access to OneDrive and SharePoint will no longer be supported.
[German]A brief note to Windows administrators who still rely on Software Restriction Policies (SRP). This security feature has been deprecated since 2020, but is still supported in Windows 10. But Windows 11 version 22H2 will definitely put an end to the use of Software Restriction Policies – App-Locker should be used instead.
[German]McAfee Total Protection had a vulnerability (CVE-2022-43751) that allowed Windows privilege escalation. The cause was the use of the OpenSSL variable OPENSSLDIR. McAfee issued a security alert in late October 2022 pointing out the vulnerability, which has since been closed via update in McAfee Total Protection.
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