German OSB Alliance warns: Microsoft Cloud threatens digital sovereignty

Posted on 2021-10-11 by guenni

[German]Microsoft is working to force users – especially in enterprise IT – onto subscription models and cloud connectivity. From 2025, many on-premises offerings will be phased out and the compulsion to the cloud will then be de facto. This will be accompanied by a total loss of digital sovereignty. The German Open Source Business Alliance (OSB) therefore urgently pointed out as early as the end of September 2021 that Germany and the EU are taking powerful steps to give up even the last vestige of digital sovereignty.

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Ransomware on the rise due of home office

Posted on 2021-10-11 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Due to the coronavirus pandemic, people have increasingly been working in home offices since 2020. Unfortunately, securing these workplaces has not kept pace with this development. At the same time, with the increased telecommuting in businesses due to the pandemic crisis, cybercrime has further upgraded and strengthened its ransomware capabilities. The number of ransomware attacks has skyrocketed. To keep up with cyber threats despite changing conditions, enterprises are forced to expand their IT security approach and strengthen their measures.

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Facebook bans developer of Facebook Unfollow tool for life

Posted on 2021-10-10 by guenni

[German]Facebook doesn't take it well to people who acts against its own business interests. According to his own information, a software developer was banned for life from this platform because he had developed a browser extension "Unfollow Everything" that allowed users to restrict Facebook's negative features.

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Microsoft disables Excel 4.0 macros in Office 365 in the next weeks

Posted on 2021-10-09 by guenni

[English]Microsoft has notified users of Microsoft 365 subscriptions that they will be gradually disabling the execution of Excel 4.0 macros in Office 365 over the coming weeks for security reasons. Here's some information on the issue.

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Twitch defaced with images of Jeff Bezos (Oct. 8, 2021)

Posted on 2021-10-09 by guenni

Sicherheit (Pexels, allgemeine Nutzung)[German]Unknown people managed to deface the website of the streaming provider Twitch, which belongs to Amazon, on October 8, 2021. For a few hours, a number of game background images were replaced with photos of former Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Can Twitch's service still be considered safe?

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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 ...

Windows 10: OOBE Update KB5005716 (Oct. 4, 2021)

Posted on 2021-10-09 by guenni

Windows[German]Microsoft has already released the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) update KB5005716  for Windows 10 version 2004, version 20H2 and version 21H1 on October 4, 2021. The update is installed during the Windows 10 OOBE process, as long as there is an internet connection to download it. This update is only available for Windows 10 Home and Professional (not now Enterprise) and is intended to improve the out-of-box experience (OOBE) when upgrading to Windows 11. The upgrade to Windows 11 will begin shortly after the OOBE phase is complete. (via)

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Windows 11: File Explorer has a Memory Leak

Posted on 2021-10-09 by guenni

Windows[German]In the just released Windows 11, there seems to be a memory leak in Explorer. The file manager grabs memory during operation and does not release it again. The bug has already been reported by Windows Insiders, but is probably not fixed in the released version. However, it looks like Microsoft will take up the problem and hopefully release a fix.

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have problems again (2021/10/08)

Posted on 2021-10-08 by guenni

[German]After the six-hour major outage of Facebook services on October 4, 2021, it seems that today, October 8, 2021, there is also a hitch again in Facebook and the services Instagram and WhatsApp. I was just still able to access Facebook, but there is / was an outage today.

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Chrome 94.0.4606.81 (2021/10/07)

Posted on 2021-10-08 by guenni

[German]Google has released a security update of Google Chrome 94.0.4606.81 for Windows, Mac and Linux on Oct. 7, 2021. It is a security update that closes vulnerabilities rated as high. Here's a quick overview.

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Windows 11: Known issues (October 5, 2021)

Posted on 2021-10-08 by guenni

Windows[German]Windows 11 was officially released by Microsoft on October 5, 2021. With the release of the first version of this operating system, however, Microsoft could not eliminate all known problems from the Insider Preview. So, the first version of Windows 11 has some known issues, which Microsoft has also officially documented on a status page.

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