[German]On July 12, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. The security updates also eliminate 84 vulnerabilities, including one 0-day. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on Patchday.
As of July 12, 2022, the developers have released WordPress 6.0.1. This is a maintenance update that contains 31 bug fixes. Details about the fixes can be found in the release notes.
[German]Microsoft has kept its word, and has now officially released Autopatch, which was announced in April 2022 for July 2022. The paid product, Windows Autopatch, is intended to manage all aspects of enterprise deployment of quality and feature updates, drivers, firmware, and Microsoft 365 apps for Windows 10 and Windows 11.
[German]Microsoft has explained itself regarding the deactivation of VBA macros in Office applications. The fact that the disabling of the macros has been withdrawn is only a temporary measure. At some point in the future, VBA macros in Office applications will again be disabled by default.
[German]The developers of Thunderbird have released another update of the email client on July 12, 2022. This should fix a number of bugs and is already the second bug fix update within a few days for the recently released 102 version.
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[German]Maher Saba is vice president of remote presence and engineering at Facebook parent company Meta, a top management position after Marc Zuckerberg. In a message to managers of the company, he instructed them to look for "underperformers" and kick them out.
[German]More than 124,000 confidential documents have been leaked to the British Guardian. The analysis of this data by journalists reveal that the ride service provider Uber has tried to influence politicians such as Joe Biden and has exerted powerful pressure. The texts also reveal that todays France President, Emmanuel Macron. secretly supported Uber's lobbying efforts in France. The company also used a "kill switch" during raids to prevent police from viewing data. Addendum: The identity of the whistle-blower, a former top executive, is now known.
[English]Quick note to people with Windows 11 who use Outlook and are wondering why search doesn't work. It's not you, Microsoft broke Outlook search again and is investigating how that could happen. At least there's confirmation that this is a bug.
[German]David Xanatos informed me back in June 2022 that he had completed an update for Sandboxie in version v1.0.22 / 5.55.22 and released it on Githib. Thus, this version is so "really final", as he put it. There is also a Sandboxie Plus with some new features. Here is some information about it.
[German]Microsoft has released a new version 2206 (build 16.0.15330.20230) in the Current Channel. This version is intended to fix crashes in Office applications that caused crashes in Word, Excel and PowerPoint when accessing cloud documents in the old Office 365 version 2205.
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