[German]Oracle's developers have released the new Virtualbox version 7.0.0 on October 10, 2022. Secure Boot has been implemented in the EFI in this version. In addition, this version can emulate virtual TPM 1.2 and 2.0, which comes into play for Windows 11.
[German]Apple has released iOS 16.0.3 for newer iPhone models on October 10, 2022. It is a security update that is supposed to fix the CVE-2022-22658 vulnerability in Mail. Thanks to Gerold for the tip. Continue reading
[German]Copying large files under Windows 11 22H2 can lead to a serious drop in speed. What was already known from user circles and described by individual Microsoft employees has now been officially confirmed by Microsoft. So far, there are only workarounds that Microsoft suggests to work around the problem. Below is an overview of where the problem occurs and what the user can do about it.
[German]Short addendum: Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 106.0.1370.37 on October 6, 2022. Is a bug fix update that is supposed to fix bugs in the Edge 106.0.1370.34 released on October 3, 2022. But I got reports, that the Edge start problem, observed in Edge 106.0.1370.34, is still present – there is a workaround known. Here is a brief overview of the current version and Edge 106.0.1370.34.
[German]Microsoft confirms another error in Outlook in Microsoft 365 in a support post. It may be that Microsoft Outlook can no longer connect to the email server. The IMAP or POP server has disconnected unexpectedly and the connection to the server has been lost. Error code 0x800CCC0F is reported.
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[German]On October 7, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden launched the new data protection agreement with the European Union, referred to here as "Privacy Shield 2.0," by means of an Executive Order (E.O.). This is intended to clear the legal way for data exchange between the EU and US providers. The data protection organization noyb around Max Schrems expects that this new agreement will also fail before the European Court of Justice (ECJ).
[German]Facebook parent company Meta said that it's security researcher has already identified more than 400 malicious mobile apps this year that are out to steal their users' Facebook credentials. The problem could affect 1 million Facebook users who have installed the apps in question on Android or iOS.
[German]Microsoft Outlook 365 users might be affected by crashes that occur right after application launch. As of September 5, 2022, Microsoft has published a support post with notes on a fix for these crashes. Here is a brief overview of this issue.
[German]Mozilla's developers have released versions 105.0.3 of the Firefox browser on October 7, 2022. It is a maintenance update, which had to be added within a few days, because there were crashes with AVAST or AVG virus protection.
[German]In a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA), the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a list of key vulnerabilities (CVEs) exploited by state-sponsored cyber actors in the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 2020.
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