[German]On May 10, 2022 (Microsoft's second Tuesday of the month patchday), several cumulative updates were released for supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version). Here are some details about each of the April 2022 patchday security updates. Windows 10 1909 and 20H2 will receive security updates for the last time.
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of May 10, 2022. These updates are required to address vulnerabilities reported by external security partners and found through Microsoft's internal processes. The updates apply to the Exchange Server on-premises installations listed below.
[German]On May 10, 2022, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday. The May 2022 security updates address 75 vulnerabilities, three of which are 0-day, in Microsoft products. Vulnerabilities in the Printer Spooler are also included again. At the same time, remember that Windows 10 1909 and 20H2 will receive security updates for the last time and will fall out of support (see Windows 10: Version 1909 and 20H2 reaching end of support on May 10, 2022).
[German]Small addendum from last week regarding ransomware infection. The US corporation AGCO, which manufactures agricultural machinery, has been affected by a ransomware infection that has a global impact. This affects sine production sites world wide. Some production lines for the agricultural machinery are on hold since last Friday.
[German]Cisco has issued a warning for memory chips (DIMMs) that are likely to be used in its own products, such as the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS). A limited number of Cisco-supplied DIMMs manufactured in the mid-to-late 2020s are prone to early failures due to a manufacturing issue. For most DIMMs, ECC error correction can fix these memory errors. However, an uncorrectable memory event may occur at some point. If this occurs at runtime, uncorrectable memory errors will cause a sudden unexpected server reset. If the errors occur during the power-on self-test (POST), the DIMM module is blanked and the total available memory is reduced. In some cases, a boot failure may occur. 16GB, 32GB and 64GB DIMMs from certain batches are affected. Cisco provides a tool to identify the modules, which are then to be replaced. (via)
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[German]Security update KB5012599, released by Microsoft on April 12, 2022, for Windows 10 and Windows Server causes issues on some systems. The installation aborts with the error code 0x800F0831 or the error code 0x8024200B. I had pointed out the problem and outlined suggested solutions for an individual fix. However, this becomes a problem especially in enterprise environments when several hundred clients refuse to install the update. I now have unofficial information that this issue will be fixed by Microsoft on the upcoming patchday, May 10, 2022.
[German]On May 2th/3th 2022, a false positive alert occurred from Trend Micro Apex One as well as Worry Free Business Security (security solutions), which classified the file msedge_200_percent.pak from Edge 101.0.1210.32 under Windows as malware/Trojan. The problem was fixed by a signature update, but there are modified registry entries as a result of the incident. Now there is also a solution from Trend Micro to roll back these unwanted registry changes as well.
[German]I realized yesterday, my German "Borns IT and Windows Blog" (the sibling of my blog "Born's Tech and Windows World" here) has been around for 15 years. So to say "15 years guiding users and administrators through the numerous cliffs of today's IT landscape".
[German]One more small piece of information for Windows Server administrators. Since April 2022 Windows Server supports monthly updates for .NET (.NET Core) via Windows Update. Administrators can opt for this feature, but nothing will be switched automatically. Possibly this is known – it slipped through my fingers, although this was announced on April 12, 2022.
[German]It was already announced September 2021 that the Basic Authentication in Exchange Online will be deactivated. The cutoff date for this disablement to begin is October 1, 2022. As of May 3, 2022, Microsoft has now reiterated this cutoff date, writing that in approximately 150 days we will begin disabling Basic Authentication for certain protocols in Exchange Online for those customers still using it.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
