Exchange Online: Mysterious Outlook Disconnected Error 0x8004011D

Posted on 2022-02-11 by guenni

[German]A German blog reader just notified me about a problem with Microsoft Exchange Online that he was facing suddenly with Microsoft Outlook (from Office 365). A solution that had been running smoothly for years suddenly is causing issues, when synchronizing between Microsoft Outlook and Exchange Online. The error 0x8004011D (disconnected) was reported. With the help of Microsoft support, the problem could be solved – multifactor authentication played a role.

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Cyber attack on Vodafone Portugal affects all services

Posted on 2022-02-10 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Telecommunications provider Vodafone Portugal suffered a serious cyberattack on Monday, February 7, 2022. This was likely designed to cause maximum destruction, according to the company, and severely affected Vodafone services such as LTE and 5G mobile, TV cable network, SMS, and voice and voicemail services. Currently, the provider still seems to be struggling with restoring services.

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.Net Framework Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-10 by guenni

Update[German]Another small addendum – as of February 8, 2022, Microsoft has released .NET Framework updates for various Windows versions. These updates fix bugs and security vulnerabilities in the affected .Net Framework versions. Here is an overview of these .NET Framework updates.

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Microsoft Security Update Revisions (Feb. 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-10 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Microsoft emailed admins about various revisions to its security advisories as of Feb. 8. The talk about a Remote Desktop Services remote code execution vulnerability, a Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure vulnerability, a Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege vulnerability and a Microsoft Power BI Information Disclosure vulnerability. In addition, there was a new Servicing Stack Update (SSU) in Feb. 2022, see ADV990001. However, everything has only informal character, Microsoft only adjusted the descriptions. I'll just post the relevant information here in the blog without comment.

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Patchday: Microsoft Office Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-10 by guenni

Update[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for still-supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. RCE vulnerabilities are closed again. Here you can find 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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Thunderbird 91.6.0

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.6.0 as of February 8, 2022. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch that makes fixes. Here is a brief overview.

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Firefox 97 and 91.6 ESR

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Mozilla[German]Mozilla Mozilla developers released versions 97.0 and 95.6esr of the Firefox browser on February 8, January 2022. Firefox 97 is a new development branch, while the ESR version is a bug-fix update to fix bugs.

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Windows 7/Server 2008R2; Windows 8.1/Server 2012R2: Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 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 on February 8, 2022. Among other things, fixes are being made to the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). Here is an overview of these special 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 (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On February 8 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), Microsoft also released a cumulative update for Windows 11, which was released on October 5, 2021. The update is supposed to fix various issues. Addendum: In addition, Windows Server 2022 received an update. Here are some details about these updates.

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (February 8, 2022)

Posted on 2022-02-09 by guenni

Windows[German]On February 8, 2022 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), various cumulative updates for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) were released. Here are some details about each of the Patchday security updates.

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