[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5015879 for Windows Server 2022 as of July 19, 2022 (C-Week), in addition to preview updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows Server 2022.
[German] is once again moving forward with its plans to disable macros in Office 365 by default. Macros in Office are a gateway for malware such as Dridex, Emotet, Trickbot, Qbot, etc. It's an on-off story that Microsoft has been running there for the last few weeks – but now a rollout is in progress again.
[German]Microsoft has released an optional cumulative (preview) update KB5015880 on July 21, 2022 (C-Week). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows 10 1909 Enterprise LTSC as well as in Windows Server 2019. Below, I provide an overview regarding these updates.
[German]Users of Lenovo ThinkPads probably run into problems (booting, screen, etc.) due to BIOS or driver updates pushed onto the devices by Lenovo software. I'll summarize this as a hint to service providers who are confronted with the problem by customers.
[German]Google has been blocking the Computing Machinery (acm.org) website for several hours due to malware, triggering corresponding warnings in Chrome and Firefox browsers. Visitors can then only visit the pages at their own risk. I tracked it down – it looks to me like this is a false alarm on Google's part – because on Virustotal, the acm.org site is listed as clean. Here is a brief overview of this issue.
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[German]Confluence released Security Advisory 2022-07-20 on July 20, and updated it today. The security advisory addresses Confluence accounts with hardcoded credentials created by Questions for Confluence. This affects the Confluence app for Confluence Server and Confluence Data Center.
[German]Quick note to readers: If you had problems accessing Microsoft's cloud services like OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Skype for Business, Office for The Web or the complete Microsoft 365 suite this morning (July 21, 2022), you weren't alone. There was a major disruption in the Microsoft Cloud – some readers emailed me to let me know (thanks for that).
[German]There are users who still access Access databases with older applications via ODBC drivers. Sometimes, when switching to newer hardware/Windows versions, access and especially performance problems occur – the database accesses are slow. A blog reader emailed me with such a case and the solution he used. The approach may be of interest to other users.
[German]The high temperatures in Europe suddenly show just how vulnerable our IT infrastructure basically is after all. Cloud services and servers hosted by Google and Oracle in the UK have gone offline due to cooling issues as the country experiences a record-breaking heat wave. That's according to The Register, and it's also according to status updates from Google.
[German]As of July 12, 2022, Microsoft has also fixed printing vulnerabilities as part of its security updates. As expected, users and administrators encounter printer issues after installing the July 2022 security updates. Below, I summarize some reports of problems. In addition, two pieces of information about fixing printing issues have come to my attention, which I'll also briefly outline.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
