[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5014023, scheduled for May 2022 (D-Week), on June 2, 2022 (severely delayed). This is supposed to fix numerous bugs in Windows Server version 20H2 as well as Windows 10 version 21H1 – 21H2. Below I provide an overview regarding these updates for Windows 10.
[German]Microsoft Edge 102.0.1245.30, released on May 31, 2022 is a security update to close a number of vulnerabilities. But I got reports that this Edge version breaks PDF printing in Windows 10/11. It's simply no longer possible for some users to print PDF documents. Only a downgrade helps. And there is a workaround developed by blog readers, using GPO settings. So administrators in companies probably should delay the rollout and test it intensively.
[German]Short information about a possible problem with Canon All-in-one printing devices. There are reports from users that Canon Pixma MX492 (and other Canon) printers suddenly cause issues when there is a Wi-Fi connection to a network with Internet access. Without a Wi-Fi connection (or Internet access), there are no issues. It seems that a DNS issue is the root cause of device restarts. And the question is whether anyone else is affected? Addendum: Canon provides a firmware update to fix that issue.
[German]Following the discovery of the Follina vulnerability exploit (CVE-2022-30190) via the Windows ms-msdt protocol, this bastion is being "stormed". A hacker looked at the search-ms: URI handler in Windows 10 and developed an exploit similar to Follina. With the help of Office 2019, he can open Windows Search via the protocol handler. Colleagues at Bleeping Computer have already coined the term SearchNightmare for this 0-day exploit.
She was the number 2 behind Marc Zuckerberg, the Facebook manager Sheryl Sandberg. After 14 years in the service of this social media company, Sandberg now announced that she is stepping down and leaving the company.
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[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has released a micro-patch to close the 0-click Microsoft Diagnostic Tool remote code vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190, Follina). The micro-patch is available for all customers with Windows and the 0patch agent free license. Here is some information about it.
[German]Since the weekend, a new Windows vulnerability CVE-2022-30190 in combination with Microsoft Office has been knows under the name Follina. In the meantime, the US CISA and also the BSI have warned about this vulnerability – while security researchers have observed the first attacks via this 0-day vulnerability by Chinese APTs. Meanwhile, it is also clear that this attack works without Microsoft Office. The CVE-2022-30190 vulnerabilities could become the next big thing in security if anti-virus solutions also detect infected documents. Here's an overview of the latest findings.
[German]The Android banking Trojan Flubot caused major damage to victims on Android systems since 2021. The last major campaign was reported a few days ago. Now Europol seems to have managed to shut down the infrastructure of the Flubot Android Trojan. Whether this will stop the business model is another matter.
[German]Quick question for administrators in the enterprise environment who manage Microsoft 365 licenses (volume licenses, E3/E5). Are you currently experiencing problems with Windows Pro systems no longer activating or losing activation? I have received indications from the readership regarding this issue – and it is probably not an isolated case – may be a certificate issue.
[German]In addition to the Firefox developers providing a security update for the Firefox browser (see Firefox 101.0 and 91.10esr released – with security fixes), these critical vulnerabilities in the Thunderbird email client have also been fixed with the May 31, 2022 update to version 91.10.0.
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