[German]The electronics stores of the Media Markt and Saturn chains (in Germany and the Netherlands) have fallen victim to a successful ransomware attack. The more than 3,100 servers of these companies were encrypted, which has a direct impact on business operations. Numerous stores are running offline in a kind of emergency mode.
[German]Support for the OneDrive desktop app will end for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 on January 1, 2022, Microsoft announced in a tech community post. There will be no more updates for the app then, and on March 1, 2022, syncing with OneDrive in the desktop app will also stop. Then files will have to be shared in the browser with a OneDrive account. (via)
[German]Microsoft is once again working on optimizing the cumulative updates for Windows 10, because their size is increasing rapidly. This costs speed during download and installation. Therefore, certain older updates are to run cyclically so that they are no longer included in cumulative updates. Microsoft is hoping for speed and security gains from this. Here is some information on the subject.
[Germab]The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) has been able to uncover the true identities of five members of the Gamaredon cyber espionage group. The five men operate out of the Crimean branch of Russia's Federal Intelligence Service (FSB) from Sevastopol in Crimea.
The folks at Advanced Installer provide a free eBook on MSI packaging with their product. The eBook introduces how to create MSI packages for Windows with Advanced Installer and explains how to create/use MTS, how to create patches in MSP format and reveals some practical scenarios around the topic.
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[German]With the Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers on Windows, it can happen that the pinned tile icon is lost during a version update. There is a simple workaround you can try for pinned shortcuts to restore the icon. Continue reading
[German]Owners of PCs equipped with the Intel Alder Lake CPU could run into trouble when playing games. The Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection breaks games under Windows 10 and Windows 11, which can no longer be used. Intel has since published a list of affected CPUs.
[German]Cisco Talos security researchers have discovered that the Babuk ransomware gang is using the ProxyShell vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange to install a web shell called "China Chopper". A Babuk ransomware partner named "Tortilla" probably joined the group in October and is deploying this web shell. The ProxyShell vulnerability can be closed long ago by updates on on-premises Microsoft Exchange servers.
[German]Microsoft has again released the preparation update KB4023057 (Update for Windows Update service components) for machines with Windows 10/11 on November 5, 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update Service, i.e. to find any update problems on the Windows 10/11 systems of private users that prevent an upgrade.
[German]Microsoft has released an unscheduled update KB5008295 for Windows 11 as of November 5, 2021. The purpose of this update is to fix the startup issues of the apps shipped with Windows 11. These apps have not been launching since November 1, 2021 because a certificate expired on October 31, 2021. This also fixes the Snipping tool that is on strike.
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