[German]Brief information for users who may have used the free option of Microsoft's Power Automate for their own purposes. I have just noticed that Microsoft is no longer providing this automation solution for private users. Anyone who still has flows and data stored there will have to back them up in July 2025 or switch to alternative solutions. Here is a brief summary of the situation.
[German]I got reports from German readers who use Office version 2505 in a Click-2-Run version (e.g. Office 365). They are losing mails in Outlook 365 version 2505 when moving them to subfolders when cached mode is activated.
[German]I'm posting some more information here that I received from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The security experts have come across a campaign by the hacker group UNC6040 that uses voice phishing (vishing) to compromise Salesforce instances and steal data.
[German]A quick question for readers who use Fujitsu devices. I have just been informed that there are problems installing Intel driver packages provided by Fujitsu under Windows.
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[German]Short addendum from the last few days. Both Google had to provide the Chrome browser and Microsoft had to provide the Chromium-based Edge browser with an urgent security update. This is due to security vulnerabilities that have probably been exploited by threat actors in the wild. I have also received two reader reports about problems when switching to the new Chrome/Edge 137. Here is a brief summary of these issues.
[German]Microsoft is currently intensively courting the European market in order to retain customers in the government sector. To this end, Redmond has announced a European Security Program. This new initiative is designed to strengthen cyber security across Europe and is available to all European governments free of charge.
[German]I'm adding an information that I came across a few days ago. Anyone using apps or services from Meta (Facebook & Co.) or Yandex (Russian, less common in DACH) on Android was tracked. Security researchers have discovered that tracking pixels bypass the sandbox isolation in the browser and transmit users' personal data to apps and service servers. Meta has discontinued this tracking mechanism as of June 3, 2025 after it was discovered.
[German]Brief news that I came across last Sunday. VMware by Broadcom is shaving its partner program for the distribution of its products. The lowest level of the partner program is to be dropped – although this step does not apply to Europe.
[German]On April 2025 Patchday, there was confusion under Windows 10/11 about a folder "inetpub" that had been created. Some users deleted this folder, although Microsoft requires it. Microsoft has now released a "repair" script that restores this folder on the Windows system partition.
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