[German]Manufacturer HP manages to annoy consumers again and again with its lockouts of printers when using third-party ink or toner. It has now even blocked its own printer cartridges for use. Now the consumer protection organization Euroconsumers has reached a settlement with HP over "dynamic security." HP will pay compensation of up to 1.3 million euros.
[German]Users of HP machines should respond because their machines have the HP Support Assistant preinstalled by default under Windows. This HP Support Assistant invokes the HP Performance Tune-up tool via Fusion. The process has a DLL hijacking vulnerability that can be abused for privilege elevation. A security update is available.
[German]Small addendum from the Apple event on September 7, 2022, where not only new iPhones and smartwatches were presented. Apple also announced the availability of iOS 16 for iPhones on September 12, 2022. In addition, WatchOS for Apple's smartwatches will also be released on this day.
[German]Microsoft wants to retire Internet Explorer as a browser, because the code is too bad and there are too many security issues. But Windows users can't really get rid of it. Because without Internet Explorer, you can't even play videos in PowerPoint.
[German]In a tech community post, Microsoft has introduced some new features that they have introduced for Windows Autopatch. There is a new authentication method that only applies to apps. Furthermore, the article deals with the device enrollment process and the innovations introduced to help solve device issues.
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[German]Microsoft has once again fixed a bug in Windows 11 (21H2) that was caused by an update. The bug prevented a user login for a newly created user account. The cause of this problem is the preview update KB5016691 from August 25, 2022. Let's see if this problem is fixed by the time the security updates are released on September 13, 2022.
[German]Apple presented a smartwatch, the Apple Watch Ultra, in addition to new iPhones (iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max) at its event on September 7, 2022. This is probably aimed at athletes. Furthermore, an Apple Watch SE was presented.
[German]There's a lot of trouble on in the cybersecurity area. There is a TikTok leak of source code and user data, and US authorities have seized the WT1SHOP website, which sells stolen user data (ID numbers, credit card data, etc.). Chocolate manufacturer Läderach (Switzerland), InterContinental Hotels Group, and the district capital Feldbach (Austria) have been affected by ransomware. The same is true for a U.S. school district in Los Angeles. Here's an overview of the "daily madness" in cybersecurity.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client to version 102.2.2 as of z. September 2022 (thanks to the reader for pointing this out). It is a bug fix update, which should fix a number of problems. Because somehow, the 102 development thread of Thunderbird is a disaster (see Thunderbird 102er: The problem bear). (siehe Thunderbird: Die Probleme der 102er-Version).
[German]Apple unveiled both an iPhone 14 Pro and an iPhone 14 Pro Max on September 7, 2022. The smartphones come with some always-on display, the first-ever 48MP camera on iPhone, crash detection, Emergency SOS feature via satellite connection, and an innovative new way to receive notifications and activities with Dynamic Island.
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