[German]Brief note for administrators running Windows Server 2012 R2 who rely on Sophos user authentication via Sophos Security Heartbeats. Sophos has distributed an update that silently overrides the feature on Windows Server 2012 R2. A blog reader informed me of this, and I bring it up in the blog as this may interest/tangentially affect some other users.
[German]Microsoft has confirmed another issue with Kerberos authentication on Windows as of November 13, 2022 in conjunction with the November 2022 updates. I had already reported that the November 8, 2022 security updates could lead to these. Now Microsoft has revealed some more details about the issue.
[German]Microsoft has confirmed a problem with Direct Access connections on Windows 10 and Windows 11 as of November 13, 2022. I had already reported that the security updates from November 8, 2022 can lead to connection problems with Direct Acess. There is a way to roll it back via KIR, so that the functionality is ensured again until a final fix by Microsoft.
[German]Quick question to the Windows 10 users, if someone has also made the observation of a blog reader and can confirm this. A reader contacted me directly the other day and reported that his Windows 10 Pro (version should be the 22H2) automatically disabled the energy-saving mode. The system is not running in a domain, as the reader wrote, but is used for home automation.
[German]As of November 8, 2022, Microsoft has released security updates for its Office Online servers to close vulnerabilities in Word and Excel. According to my information, a vulnerability exists (Server-Side Request Forgery, SSRF, to RCE, Remote Code Execution) that Microsoft does not want to eliminate.
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[German]Microsoft has released a so-called Out-of-the-Box Experience Update for Windows 10 on November 11, 2022, surprisingly for me. This is already available for Windows 10 versions 21H1, 21H2 and 22H2, but it only applies to systems with Windows 10 Home and Professional. It replaces an update from 2021 and is intended to enable a move to Windows 11 on eligible machines during a new Windows 10 installation.
[German]Microsoft has confirmed a gaming performance issue on Windows 11 version 22H2 as of November 10, 2022. Stuttering or similar problems can occur in some games and applications. The cause is probably an unintended activation of the GPU performance debugging features. A compatibility lock for feature updates has been set. Addendum: The upgrade block will be removed mid December 2022.
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[German]Law enforcement officials have now struck a blow against a member (or an affiliate, who obtains the ransomware in exchange for participation and uses it on his own account) of the Lockbit ransomware gang. A person with Russian-Canadian citizenship was arrested in Canada, accused of involvement in Lockbit ransomware gang operations. The arrest was preceded by operations in Ukraine.
[German]Currently, the hack of the Australian healthcare company Medibank is shaking Down-Under. This is because the attacker is offering millions of patient data on the darknet. Shortly before that, the Australian telecom provider Optus was hacked and millions of customer data were siphoned off. And very recently, the same cybercriminals who attacked Medibank are offering Deutsche Bank data on the darknet. According to reports, the names of the hackers, who operate out of Russia, are known. Update: Deutsche Bank sees no indications for a hack.
[German]There seems to be a problem with the November 2022 security updates for Windows. At least for Windows 11 22H2, I have reports that DirectAccess connections in the network no longer work after the update installation. But there are also indications that the problem occurs on Windows 10. I'll take it up here on the blog in case there are affected people among the blog readership.
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