Windows 11: Microsoft fixes NVMe SSD Performance Issue

Posted on 2021-12-13 by guenni

Windows[German]In Windows 11, there was a performance issue with certain NVMe SSDs. With certain random write operations, the throughput performance dropped up to 45% compared to Windows 10. The whole thing was discussed in forums on the Internet. After I picked up the whole thing on the blog, it also led to "not comprehensible" type discussions in the comments. Now, however, Microsoft seems to have addressed and fixed exactly this problem with one of the latest Windows 11 updates.

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Microsoft Vancouver leaking website credentials

Posted on 2021-12-13 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]CyberNews security researchers discovered a Desktop Services Store (DS_STORE) file left on a publicly accessible web server that belongs to Microsoft Vancouver. By analyzing the file, the investigations team was able to learn about the files hosted on the Microsoft Vancouver server, as well as several database dump files stored on the server. This flaw has been corrected, after CyberNews security researchers informed Microsoft.

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Windows 7/Server 2008/R2 ESU support for the third year (2022)

Posted on 2021-12-12 by guenni

win7[German]If you want to continue to have security updates for Windows 7 SP1, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 in 2022, you need the ESU package for the third year. Microsoft is now releasing the relevant keys for ESU 2022. A distributor, who already provided these ESU keys for the first and second year, provided me with the relevant information at the end of the week.

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Alexa.com website to be discontinued on May 1, 2022

Posted on 2021-12-12 by guenni

Alexa.com is a website of Alexa Inc – a subsidiary of Amazon, which has been providing website ranking for 25 years and is used to compare websites. Now the provider has announced that the Alexa.com site will be discontinued on May 1, 2022. No new subscriptions have been available since December 8, 2021. In addition to the announcement of the provider, the colleagues from Bleeping Computer have written something about it here.

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Home office monitoring jeopardizes trust and promotes fluctuation

Posted on 2021-12-12 by guenni

Paragraph[German]In these times of the coronavirus pandemic, many people are working from home offices. The increase in remote work requires new ways to keep track of employee performance and results. Problem is that if this is only done by counting keystrokes and measuring time at the desk. Unsurprisingly, a VMware study shows that employee monitoring measures can jeopardize trust in the company and increase turnover.

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

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...

Edge 96.0.1054.53

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

Edge[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 96.0.1054.53 as of December 10, 2021. The release notes only refer to the security page, where 14 vulnerabilities are listed as closed. The browser should be updated automatically, but can also be downloaded here. It is written here that Microsoft Edge should fight typosquatting and prevent users from entering a malicious website. In addition, according to this article, Microsoft has released a tool that is supposed to detect memory leaks in Edge. (via)

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Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)Bitdefender previously offered a free antivirus package, Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition, for Windows. Now the provider announces that Bitdefender Antivirus Free Edition will be retiring. According to the colleagues at deskmodder.de, this is the case as of Jan. 1, 2022.  However, support for existing users will continue until June 30, 2022.

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Survey shows declining trust in IT vendors like Microsoft

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

Stop - Pixabay[German]It has been a gut feeling of mine that Microsoft in particular is somehow on a downward spiral in terms of product quality and security. Constant bugs and problems after updates, and an increasing number of successful cyber attacks on Microsoft products speak a clear language. Now, the CrowdStrike Global Security Attitude Survey 2021 confirms this impression that trust in established IT vendors like Microsoft is declining.

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0-day CVE-2021-44228 in Java library log4j puts many projects at risk

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]There is a critical unpatched vulnerability in the log4j Java library used for logging. This software is integrated in many other products. Thousands of services from Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Minecraft, etc. are vulnerable via this vulnerability. Meanwhile, the first attacks on honeypots have already been observed. Here's a brief overview of what's going on.

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Malware in Android apps (Example GriftHorse)

Posted on 2021-12-11 by guenni

[German]Android Malware has become one of the most problematic security issue in 2020/2021. Actually, I could write about malware-infected apps almost every day. Today, I'd like to share a case from a few days ago about the so-called GriftHorse malware, which has infected more than 10 million devices worldwide.

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