[German]Soon, the "new Microsoft Store" will be available for Windows 10 and Windows 11. This implies that the previous approach will soon die. Microsoft plans to discontinue the Windows Store for Business in the first quarter of 2023, as the company announced in this Techcommunity post.
[German]Is there a problem with NAS systems from QNAP that certain models suddenly fail and "die", so to speak, during shutdown. The units can no longer be booted afterwards. I have found affected people with the TVS-872XT model, but also with other variants of the TVS series. A blog reader pointed me to corresponding reports. Let me summarize some information I have.
[German]Security researchers from Qualsys have discovered a Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability CVE-2021-33909 in the filesystem layer of the Linux kernel. In addition, a second vulnerability CVE-2021-33910 has been discovered. Linux distributions such as Debian, Fedora and Ubuntu are vulnerable in default settings, allowing third parties to gain root privileges. However, there are patches to fix the vulnerability. Here is a rough overview of what is involved.
[German]Google has released Google Chrome 92.0.4515.107 for Windows, Mac and Linux on July 20, 2021. It is an update to version 92 that brings new features, but also fixes 35 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once. Continue reading
[German]Windows 10 has a serious vulnerability CVE-2021-36934 as of version 1809, which allows the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database to be read via VSS shadow copies. This opens the door for local attackers to gain privileges from administrators and potentially move around networks. Meanwhile, the potential and scope of affected machines is becoming clearer, which is why I am publishing this follow-up article.
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As of 7/20/2021, WordPress 5.8 has been released by the developers. This is a new major version, which comes with some new features. An overview of these new features can be found in this WordPress article. I've updated my WordPress installation without issues so far.
[German]There has been a severe vulnerability CVE-2021-3438 in the printer drivers of the manufacturers HP, Xerox and Samsung (presumably only laser printers) for 16 years, which affects millions of devices. The vulnerability was reported to HP on February 18, 2021, and an updated printer driver has been available since May 19, 2021. Here is some information on the issue provided to me by the security researchers.
[German]It seems that Windows 10 feature updates from version 1809 up to the current version 21H1 change the access rights to the SAM database so that non-administrative users can access it. The cause could be the volume shadow copies (Shadow Copy), which are enabled by default. Here's some initial information – I'm still sorting through it a bit at the moment.
[German]At the end of February, beginning of March 2021, there was a massive attack on Microsoft Exchange Server (see Exchange server 0-day exploits are actively exploited), in which many thousands of instances were hacked worldwide. Even then, the attacks were attributed to the Chinese hacker group Hafnium. Now the US along with its allies (UK, NATA) as well as the EU are accusing China of being responsible for this attack. The U.S. has also identified four Chinese nationals as responsible.
[German]In fall of 2021, Microsoft will most likely release Windows 11 and then roll it out more broadly in 2022 (see Has Intel revealed the October 2021 release date and name for Windows 11?). This will include a user interface overhaul with a new Start menu and rounded windows (Sun Valley). In anticipation of the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has now explained the new context menus and the Parts dialog in more detail.
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