[German]Mozilla's developers have released the versions 104.0.0, 102.2 ESR and 91.13 ESR of the Firefox browser on August 23, 2022. The ESR versions are maintenance updates that are supposed to fix bugs. Firefox 104 is a new development branch.
[German]Brief note for blog readers who happen to be customers of the autodoc.de platform (sells spare parts for vehicles). There was a successful cyber attack at this provider, in which personal data of the central customer management software may have been viewed and possibly also copied. The company has informed its customers, as a blog reader told me.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released an update of the email client to version 102.2.0 as of August 23, 2022 (thanks to Tom for pointing this out). However, there is feedback from readers that the new version (especially when upgrading from the 91 version) is causing problems.
[German]Windows 11, which was released a year ago, will get a feature update at the end of September or in October 2022. It still runs internally as Windows 11, version 22H2, but Microsoft seems to have decided on a name. According to initial reports, the feature update will be rolled out for fall 2022 as the "Windows 11 2022 Update".
[German]Some banks (Deutsche Bank and others) have caught a fat problem with allowing WhatsApp or other messengers among employees. According to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the banks are in violation of requirements (as these Messenger messages can be deleted). Now they face fines totaling $2 billion (the settlement is likely to be announced by the end of September 2022).
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Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable and extended release channels to version 104.0.1293.63 as of August 19, 2022. The release notes state that this update includes a fix for vulnerability CVE-2022-2856, which was reported by the Chromium team as a vulnerability in the wild. The release notes also list a number of new features in this Edge version. (via)
[German]I have frequently reported here on the sudden blocking of online accounts with American cloud providers (Apple, Google, and especially Microsoft). Just now, a case is boiling up in the USA, where Google blocked an account because of uploaded "nude photos" and notified the police on suspicion of child abuse. Then, of course, there was the full program of the police for the person concerned. The only "offense": He had taken a photo of his naked infant for the attending physician via smartphone. The automatic cloud upload and a stupid AI then caused the drastic consequences.
[German]The preview update released in July 2022 or later updates can cause audio issues on Windows 10 (version 20H2 to 21H1) on various devices. Microsoft has since acknowledged this issue and documented the problem, as well as provided a Known Issues Rollback (KIR) solution that prevents the update from being installed. Here's a brief overview of what's going on.
[German]Dark clouds over the cyber company NSO, which made inglorious history with its Pegasus spyware. The CEO, Shalev Hulio, is resigning – and 100 employees out of a total of 700 have been laid off. Looks like real crisis the company got into due to the sale and use of its spyware.
[German]A small warning, which is mainly directed at inexperienced readers of this blog or users. Criminals seem to send packages to (mainly elderly people), which allegedly contain a Microsoft Office. However, the USB stick included in the package does not install Microsoft Office. Rather, malicious software is installed, which prompts the user to visit a fake support page. There, it asks the user to grant remote access to the system – the aim is probably to get credit card or bank details in order to rip off the victims.
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