[German]I'll take up a topic that is latently bubbling in the background: Will support for Windows 7 SP1 as well as Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8.1 expire in January 2023? Or will there be a support extension for the Windows 7 track for years 4, 5 and 6 until January 2026? And what about extended ESU support for Windows 8.1 or its server counterparts?
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016690 as of August 23, 2022 (D-Week). This is intended to fix numerous bugs in Windows Server 2019 as well as Windows 10 Enterprise 2019 LTSC, etc. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10.
[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5016691 for Windows 11 on August 25. Other preview updates for Windows are described in separate posts. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 11.
[German]The developers of the web-based password manager online service LastPass have just informed their users about a security incident. Two weeks ago, unusual procedures were detected in the LastPass development environment. Unauthorized third parties probably managed to gain access to parts of the LastPass development environment.
[German]Short addendum to an unpleasant security topic. Yesterday it became known that there was a security incident at the provider Plex (streaming service, media server). It seems that attackers managed to access some of the data of the user base of this provider. In the process, usernames, emails and the encrypted passwords might have been leaked. Plex users are urged to change their passwords for Plex access as a precaution.
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[German]Security researchers found over 80,00 surveillance cameras from HikVision that are exploitable and are accessible via the Internet. Attackers could take over these systems at any time via vulnerabilities using code injection. HikVision has already published a firmware update to close this vulnerability in September 2021 – which was probably not installed everywhere.
Small addendum from last week. Microsoft has published revisions of various security messages, which I post below for your information.
[German]Oracle has facing a class action lawsuit , filed last week in the Northern District of California. Activists accuse Oracle of operating a "global surveillance machine" and violating the basic privacy rights of hundreds of millions of people. At issue, it seems, is data collection for advertising purposes.
[German]Small addendum and summary of two issues with which Microsoft is currently annoying users of Microsoft Outlook. First, users of the Outlook app for Android and iOS receive ads for Office 365. In addition, there is quite a bit of resentment brewing among Outlook users about a layout change in the Windows app. The issues have been bubbling along for a few days now.
[German]VMware users running Carbon Black Cloud Sensor version 3.6.0.1979 – 3.8.0.398 were greeted with blue screens on their Windows systems as of August 23, 2022. The cause is an update for Carbon Black Sensor 3.7.0.1253, which is responsible for this behavior.
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