Last week, I reported on an impending wave of redundancies at Microsoft. 6,000 employees (approx. 3 % of the workforce) are to go. It is now becoming clear that long-time developers will also be affected.
[German]On May 13, 2025, Microsoft released the cumulative security update KB5058411 for Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 (24H2). This has the incredible size of 4368.9 MByte. This raises the question of what makes the update package so bloated? Spoiler: It's the AI stuff that Microsoft is including in the update.
[German]A frustrated buyer of a used VW vehicle was unable to register for Connected Car because the data was sent to the previous owner. So he took a closer look and was able to determine the server access data through OTP bypassing. He then used the chassis number to obtain the vehicle history and the previous owner's personal data. The incident took place in India – but I'm not sure whether the VW app "My Volkswagen" doesn't handle the whole thing in exactly the same way.
[German]At the BUILD 2025 developer conference, Microsoft announced that it had released WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) as open source and is being celebrated by developers. The hope from Redmond is that software developers can now contribute to WSL and create their own versions.
[German]With the Windows 10 22H2 update of May 13, 2025, there was the problem that numerous systems got stuck in WinRE with a request for the Bitlocker recovery key. When the key was entered, some systems entered a boot loop. Microsoft has released an out-of-band update on May 19, 2025, which should fix the problems.
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[German]A quick question to the blog readers as to whether the installation of the May 2025 update KB5058411 for Windows 11 24H2 went through. I have received a request from readers asking if I have any information about the KB5058411 error. It is a rather generic error that can have many causes. It can often only be solved by Inplace Upgrade.
[German]Short article of the type "Digital sovereignty: have you finally heard the shot". Microsoft has blocked the email account of the chief prosecutor of the International Court of Justice – due to sanctions imposed by the US government under Trump. The same applies to a Chinese genome company and with a Chinese university.
[German]Microsoft has built an interface (API) into Windows 10 and Windows 11 that allows manufacturers of antivirus software to disable Microsoft Defender when they install it. Some people (including a blog reader) have now shown how to deactivate Windows Defender using simple software (no-defender or Defendnot).
[German]Does Microsoft face legal trouble from the CISPE, misses deadline for EU-specific cloud version? Microsoft has failed to provide an adapted Azure version for the consortium of European cloud providers by an agreed deadline. They are now granting additional two months for Microsoft to come out with a proposal, otherwise the are threatening legal action.
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The Bitlocker encryption used by Microsoft for Windows for data storage devices can be bypassed by software via the Bitpixie vulnerability (CVE-2023-21563) if certain boundary conditions apply. A security researcher has shown how the master key can be read from the RAM and used for decryption within minutes without a hardware hack if pre-boot authentication is missing under Windows. The Bitpixie attack is not new, but the chosen method is possible with Windows components – and the exploit is public as a PoC. Here is an overview.
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MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
