[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.6.2 on March 5, 2022. It is a security update for the 91 development branch, which fixes two vulnerabilities.
[German]Security researchers have released a free decryptor for HermeticRansom ransomware. Thanks to bugs in the cryptography algorithm, it was possible to develop this decryptor. Victims can decrypt files of this ransomware, which is especially widespread in Ukraine.
[German]Russia's invasion of Ukraine is currently plowing up the reality of many contemporaries. One reality is the question of whether security software and antivirus solutions from Russia can still be used. Especially the products of Kasperski are now under discussion. I have therefore written a small excerpt on the subject, since I have some information.
[German]In early March 2022, news went around that hackers were using Microsoft Teams to spread malware. The attacks are carried out by attaching .exe files to Teams chats. These .exe files contain a Trojan that is installed on the end user's computer. This Trojan is then used to install malware. How critical is this story though?
[German]Microsoft has stopped all business sales of its products and services in Russia with immediate effect due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This sales stop affects both hardware, such as Xbox and Surface devices. But it also includes online services such as Microsoft 365 and Xbox Game Pass.
[German]Is Microsoft eyeing the credit card data of its Windows 11 users in order to identify its users more precisely in the future and possibly charge them with additional fees? The information has been circulating on the Internet for hours: Microsoft has introduced a field for entering credit card data in the new Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22567. This is supposed to allow users to pay for apps and be notified about subscriptions or expiring credit card payments.
[German]A blog reader informed me that Corel Software is ending its Corel Upgrade Protection Plan (UPP) for its graphics software so that people will be automatically switched (as of March 8, 2022) to the 365 day subscription version of CorelDRAW. Interested parties will now need a subscription to always use the latest software. This is likely to be expensive. Those who don't want that, and have bought a UPP, need to act now.
[German]Microsoft has updated the Chromium Edge browser to version Edge 99.0.1150.30 as of March 3, 2022. This is a new development branch that also closes a number of vulnerabilities. Microsoft has sent around an update notice for this via email.
[German]Quick note for users who use VMware products for virtualization. Blog reader Robert G. just emailed me to let me know (thanks for that) that VMware must have released a new build for VMware Tools 12.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
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