Bug in Adaptec ASR-72405 driver for Windows 11/Server 2022

Windows[German]Users of Windows 11 (22H2) as well as Windows Server 2022 should pay attention if they run a RAID system and use the Adaptec ASR-71605 RAID controller for it. A blog reader pointed out to me a nasty bug in the driver in question from Microsoft that seems not to have been fixed yet. Here is some information about it.

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Ransomware group ALPHV (Blackcat) with new extortion techniques (searchable database)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]The ransomware group ALPHV (also known as Blackcat) seems to be breaking new ground in extortion techniques. In the past, victims have already been threatened with the publication of captured data in order to get them to pay a ransom. Now, the ALPHV ransomware group seems to have set up a searchable database where victims' data can be searched. This poses the risk of data from these documents being misused for further abuse (supply chain attacks, identity theft, phishing).

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Microsoft Edge 103.0.1264.49 (July 6, 2022)

Edge[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser in the stable channel to version 103.0.1264.49 as of July 6, 2022. It is a maintenance update that fixes the CVE-2022-2294 vulnerability. The download bug hasn't been fixed.

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Cisco Security Advisories (July 6, 2022)

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Cisco has published extensive security warnings for various products as of July 6, 2022. Of a total of new CVEs, one in Cisco Expressway and Telepresence Vdieo communication servers is rated critical, one vulnerability in Smart Software Manager is rated high, and the remaining vulnerabilities are rated medium.

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Thunderbird 102.0.1

[German]In addition to Firefox developers providing updates to the Firefox browser, a new version of the Thunderbird email client has also been released as of July 5, 2022. Thanks to the reader for pointing this out.

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

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Firefox 102.0.1 released

Mozilla[German]Mozilla developers have released versions 102.0.1 of the Firefox browser on July 6, 2022. This is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs.

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Windows 10: Barco ClickShare breaks start menu, OneDrive, Outlook and Store apps

Windows[German]Today another finding from the internet about Windows 10 (11) troubleshooting, where the error was caused by an app. Suddenly the Windows Start menu stopped working, OneDrive reported an error, and Outlook was also causing problems. At the end of the day Rudy Ooms found the culprit, it was the app ClickShare from Barco. I found it quite interesting how Ooms investigated and documented the whole thing and am posting the short version here on the blog for your information.

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OpenSSL 3.0.4 Vulnerability CVE-2022-2274: Heap Memory Corruption with RSA Private Key Operation

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]A vulnerability CVE-2022-2274 exists in OpenSSL that could lead to heap memory corruption with RSA private key operations. It affects OpenSSL 3.0.4 and the vulnerability is rated High in severity. A second vulnerability CVE-2022-2097 causes AES OCB to fail to encrypt some bytes. This vulnerability is rated Moderate.

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Microsoft Office Updates (July 5, 2022)

[German]As of July 5, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft has released non-security updates for versions of Microsoft Office that are still supported. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016, again fixing Access issues and bugs in SharePoint 2010. Here is a brief overview.

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Office 365 version 2206.15330.20196: Excel bug prevents display of cell contents (OP396850)

[German]Users who have upgraded Microsoft Office 365 as a Click-2-Run variant to version 2206.15330.20196 (released June 29, 2022) report a strange bug. In Microsoft Excel, the contents of cells (rows and/or columns)in a spreadsheet are no longer displayed, but are overlaid in white. Currently only the rollback to a previous version remains. Microsoft already knows about this bug and has documented it under OP396850 in the status area.

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