[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.
[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.
[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.
[German]Most of the computers currently available in companies do not meet the minimum requirements that Microsoft has made a condition for Windows 11. This is the result of initial analyses on the US market. Microsoft has now revealed a way to bypass the check for TPM 2.0 support and CPU compatibility during Windows 11 setup. However, Redmond advises against using this option.
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.2.0 on October 7, 2021. This is a maintenance and security update for the 91 development branch, which makes minor fixes. Here is a brief overview.
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[German]The mass of computers is not yet ready for Windows 11 – and unpleasant surprises lurk around every corner. The processor manufacturer AMD has now informed that performance losses of 3-5% can definitely be expected for some chipsets and in other cases (for games) 10-15% under Windows 11. However, the processor manufacturer and Microsoft are working on updates that are still expected in October 2021.
[German]A 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2021-41773) and another vulnerability that is already being actively exploited in the wild have been made public in Apache web servers. The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has released security updates to close the new vulnerabilities. Updating Apache installations with the affected patches is urgent.
[German]After the release of Windows 11 for the desktop, Microsoft has also released Windows 11 IoT Enterprise. This is a version for Internet of Things devices that are supposed to run under Windows. The code is the same as Windows 11, and Microsoft has published a Techcommunity article about it. What caught my eye was Microsoft's idea of equipping IoT devices with an operating system that gets exactly 36 months of support.
[German]Critical vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Honeywell Experion PKS controllers C200, C200E, C300 and in the and ACE controllers. ICS-CERT and CISA have issued a warning about this – and the manufacturer Honeywell has issued security advice on what administrators of the controllers concerned should do to protect themselves.
[German]On October 5, 2021(first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday) Microsoft releases non-security updates for still supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there is only one update for Microsoft Office 2016. Here is a brief overview.
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2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
