[German]On October 4, 2022, the European Parliament overwhelmingly approved the introduction of the USB-C interface as a common charging port for a wide range of electronic devices. This will then also affect Apple's devices such as the iPhone and AirPods. The uniform EU charging standard is then to be introduced by the end of 2024.
[German]On September 20, 2022, Microsoft had released the feature update to Windows 11 version 22H2 (as Windows 11 2022 Update). Now Microsoft has announced on October 4, 2022 that a new rollout phase has begun. More users with compatible machines can check for the feature update and should be offered it.
[German]It's becoming somewhat like a never-ending story. Two 0-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082) in Microsoft's on-premises Exchange Servers (2013, 2016, and 2019) have been known since late September 2022. The vulnerabilities, known as ProxyNotShell, are already being exploited in the wild. Since the vulnerabilities became known, Microsoft has been trying to publish workarounds for protection. During the night (on October 5, 2022), the URI rewrite rules were updated to protect against attacks because the original rules could be circumvented. But that's not sufficient, the new rule can be bypassed too. Here's an overview of the latest developments, and administrators should respond. Continue reading
[German]As of October 4, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, there are updates for Microsoft Office 2013 and 2016, fixing an Excel issue that has been nagging for weeks. Here's a brief overview.
[German]A 0-day vulnerability (ZDI-CAN-18333) in Microsoft's on-premises Exchange Servers (2013, 2016, and 2019) has been known since late September 2022. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082) are already being exploited in the wild. Microsoft did respond and published a workaround as well as rolled out URI rewrite rules via EMS for protection. But the URI rewrite expressions can be bypassed. In addition, the first (so far fake) exploits are being offered on the Internet. Here is an overview of the latest developments. Continue reading
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[German]Brief information, which I'll cover in this post. Last week a tweet came to my attention in which a Microsoft MVP complained that the fan on his Windows system was running at full speed. A quick look showed that Microsoft Defender was really pulling CPU power on the machine. Could possibly affect one or the other user from the readership. Because the culprits: Windows Defender and Dell SupportAssist might well be in use more often.
[German]Last week users running Windows 10 or Windows 11 went into trouble. Microsoft decided to install Spotify on many user systems, regardless of whether users wanted it or not. In addition, Spotify starts automatically when Windows is subsequently booted – and annoyed the users with popups. Didn't really go down well for many users.
[German]Google has released the Google Chrome 106.0.5249.91 update for Mac and Windows on September 30, 2022. Both the Stable Channel and the Extended Stable Channel will receive this security update. It is a bug fix update that addresses vulnerabilities.
[German]The 0-day vulnerability ZDI-CAN-18333 in Microsoft's on-premises Exchange Servers (2013, 2016 and 2019) became public at the end of September. The vulnerabilities (CVE-2022-41040, CVE-2022-41082) are already being exploited in the wild. Now Microsoft is rolling out URI rewrite rules via EMS for protection. Furthermore, wrong suggestions in the Microsoft support articles published in the meantime have been amended, and there are scripts for checking and securing Exchange installations. Here is an overview of the latest developments.
[German]Short addendum from this week. The manufacturer Cisco has published extensive security advisories and updates for its network hardware as of September 28, 2022. The updates affect switches and wireless controllers from this manufacturer, among others. Attackers could disrupt the devices or services, or take control. The vulnerabilities are largely classified with the threat level high.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
