[German]Blog reader Markus K. contacted me yesterday morning by mail and described a strange observation. On his WSUS instances 45 new update notifications from WSUSE for Windows 10 20H2 to 21H2 have arrived on May 24, 2022, but they belong to updates from previous months. I'll post the observation here on the blog – maybe someone knows more.
As of May 24, 2022, the developers have released WordPress 6.0. WordPress 6.0 (Arthuro) includes more than 500 improvements and 400 bug fixes according to the release notes. I just updated one blog – so far I couldn't find any problems or bugs. A Multisite blog (this blog belongs to), on the other hand, says that another update is in progress. I have then run the update in English (instead of German), which worked.
[German]Cisco has released last week a patch for a vulnerability in its IOS XR software. The vulnerability, CVE-2022-20821 (CVSS score: 6.5), allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to a Redis instance and achieve code execution. The vulnerability is already being exploited.
[German]A quick question to Windows 10 users: I'm receiving more and more reports that the update KB5013942 from May 10, 2022 ends with a a black screen before or after a user login. I'll post a short summary of the error pattern here, and I'd be interested to know if there are others affected – possibly also with other updates from the May 2022 patchday.
[German]Another short news item that came to my attention the other day. Comparitech, a British consumer information and comparison site that is also active in the field of security, was taken over in the fall of 2021 by Aura, which on the other hand also bought the provider of Hotspot Shield (from Pango). Here's a quick look at a rather opaque scene.
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[German]There are indications that Microsoft is extending its "Search Highlights" feature in the search area of the taskbar to significantly more users. In the German as well as in the English blog, I receive user messages that are more than unsettled about this innovation and believe to have "bent" something. Annoyed users, however, have the option to hide this nonsense that Microsoft's developers are once again unleashing on mankind.
[German]In Windows 10 and Windows 11, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and AppLocker are available as features in the enterprise variants (Windows 10/11 Enterprise) as security features (see this post). Now, Microsoft has published a list of recommended blocking rules in mid-May 2022 that I just came across.
[German]The April and May 2022 cumulative updates could cause error 0xC002001B to occur on Windows 10 20H2 – 21H2 when installing apps from the Store. In addition, there were cases where the apps stopped launching. Microsoft released unscheduled updates on May 19, 2022 to fix this bug as well. In a deeper wrap-up, I once again summarize some of the information that can be found in various places at Microsoft on this topic.
[German]A few hours ago, the Conti ransomware gang seems to have officially announced its resolutions and the cessation of all activities. The questions that remain: How long will this last? Will there be a sudden comeback? And do the actors involved in the Conti gang strike out on their own or join other ransomware groups?
[German]Microsoft has released out-of-band updates for supported versions of Windows Server, effective May 19, 2022, to address issues caused by the May 10, 2022 security updates. This includes fixing the Active Directory authentication issue on domain controllers. However, I have since received several reports that the fix does not help, at least in certain constellations with NPS (Network Policy Server).
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