MS-Patchday wrap-up: Issues with April 2022 updates

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

Windows[German]The security updates Microsoft released on April 12, 2022, has closed numerous vulnerabilities. In particular, the vulnerability CVE-2022-26809 is security-critical and should be patched promptly. The password loop caused by the March 2022 preview updates has also been fixed. But there are also issues: Remote Desktop Gateway roles on Windows Server 2022 break, Edge or Chrome may fail to start in Windows 11, and there are installation errors in Windows Server 2012 (caused by antivirus solutions).

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Security: Best Practice, for updating Windows Domain Controllers

Posted on 2022-04-15 by guenni

Windows[German]Enterprise environments often deploy Windows servers that act as domain controllers (DCs). Domain controllers are still a central part of the infrastructure for many companies (despite the trend toward the Azure cloud, according to Microsoft). And the identities stored in Active Directory are often the target of attackers. How can you best secure domain controllers in terms of updates? Microsoft has published some thoughts on that.

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Windows 11 22H2: ISO of Insider Preview Build 22598 available

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22598 on April 13, 2022 (see this announcement with details on the Windows Blog). Now Microsoft has released an ISO image file of this Windows 11 preview for Windows Insiders. This ISO can be downloaded in the desired variant via the download area of the Windows Insider program. The condition is that you are registered in the Windows Insider program.

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Windows Server 2022: Update KB5012604 breaks Remote Desktop Gateway

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

Windows[German]A brief note for administrators who are already running Windows Server 2022 in their environment. The update KB5012604 released by Microsoft on April 12, 2022 continues to cause problems. After its installation, the Remote Desktop Gateway can no longer be used. This continues the bug introduced by a security update in March 2022.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-14 by guenni

Update[German]On April 12, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates.

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

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Firefox 99.0.1 released

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla developers have released version 99.0.1 of the Firefox browser on April 12, 2022. It is a maintenance update that fixes some bugs.

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has also released security updates for Windows 7 and 8.1 as well as for the Windows Server counterparts 2008 R2 and 2012/R2 as of April 12, 2022. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows 7/8.1 and the corresponding Windows Server versions 2008 R2 and 2012/R2.

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Patchday: Windows 11/Server 2022 Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 12 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which will be released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various problems. In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (April 12, 2022)

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

Windows[German]On April 12, 2022 (Microsoft's second Tuesday of the month patch day), 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 patch day security updates.

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Europol/FBI takes down one of the largest hacker forums in the world with RaidForums

Posted on 2022-04-13 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Europol has struck another blow against cyber criminals. The European police agency, together with other police agencies, has succeeded in shutting down RaidForums, one of the largest hacker forums in the world. The underground forum, founded in 2015, probably has more than half a million users, who supplied themselves with data from leaks (credit card or bank data, online access data, etc.). Charges have already been filed against the initiators.

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