[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.
[German]It looks like Microsoft Defender under Windows is falsely reporting a Trojan. Affected are probably systems from Dell, where the DellSupportAssistRemediationService is criticized. This is delivered with Dell computers via their SupportAssist. After a blog reader informed me about the issue, I include the available information here in the blog.
[German]On March 1, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there are only updates for Microsoft Office 2016. Here is a brief overview.
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[German]Google has released updates to Google Chrome 98.0.4758.119 for Windows and Mac in the stable channel on March 1, 2022. There is also a new development branch for Chrome 99.0.4844.51 for desktop systems (Windows, Mac and Linux). The update closes 28 vulnerabilities. The Android browser has been updated to version 99.0.4844.48. Thanks to the reader for the tip. Here is a brief overview.
[German]With the January 11, 2022 security updates, an issue occurred that caused Windows Server Domain Controllers to enter a cyclic restart loop. I had reported in the blog and Microsoft had already provided special updates in January to fix the problems. Now it seems Microsoft has also posted a corresponding entry on its status page for Windows Server 2022.
[German]It does not seem to be a coincidence: On February 24, 2022, the Russian invasion of Ukraine began – and on that early morning satellite communication for thousands of wind turbines in Europe failed. The background is that communication with the KA-SAT satellite network is disrupted. The wind turbines are still producing electricity, but can no longer be controlled remotely via this satellite link for maintenance. There are indications of a cyber attack.
A small addition to the cyber attack on the Swedish provider Axis Communication (which belongs to Canon). The provider of (IP) security cameras was indeed since 20 February 2022 with many of its services no longer accessible via the Internet. As of Feb. 27, 2022, Axis Communications has published information about what has been (see axis.com confirmed cyber attack (Feb. 23, 2022)).
[German]Occasionally, users of Windows Clients and Windows Server notice an accumulation of error entries in the Event Viewer that seem to indicate a specific problem. An error with the ID 2001 is permanently reported in the Event Viewer. The error text states that "First Counter" in "usbperf\Performance" cannot be read. This indicates that the service "usbhub" has a problem calling it. After the bug came to my attention some time ago, I am preparing the issue as a blog post.
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