[German]On August 3, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft will release non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. Among other things, crashes in Outlook and performance issues are lifted. Here's a brief overview.
[German]The French national security agency Anssi confirmed that the Pegasus spy program of the Israeli NSO group was found on journalists' smartphones. This is the first time that the findings of the Pegasus project have been confirmed by an independent and official authority.
[German]Google has released Google Chrome 92.0.4515.131 for Windows, Mac and Linux on August 2, 2021. It is an update to version 92 that brings new features, but also fixes 10 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once.
[German]Starting in August 2021, Microsoft will block potentially unwanted apps (PUA) by default in Windows 10 21H1 (also Windows 11). The feature was already included in Defender, but will now be set to On by default, according to this post. The whole thing can be customized in the Settings page via App & Browser Controls under Potentially Unwanted Apps are blocked. Some information can be found at the colleagues of Bleeping Computer.
[German]Security researchers recently disclosed a new attack vector called PetitPotam. By means of an NTLM relay attack, any Windows domain controller can be taken over. In the meantime, Microsoft has responded and published a security advisory about this security issue. But there is a second proposal from security researchers to block the attack via RPC filters. But this proposal is not a universal solution.
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[German]Owners of older Android devices with Android versions up to 2.3.7 will soon have to say goodbye. From September 27, 2021, Google will refuse to allow these devices to sign-in to their Google accounts. This has been announced last week and has also been notified via mails sent to the device owners.
[German]On July 15, 2021, in the blog post Windows 365: The cloud PC presented at Inspire, I had reported on the new Windows 365, which was unveiled at the Microsoft Inspire conference. A month after that announcement, the Windows 365 product is now available. Addendum: Due to high demand, Microsoft had suspende the delivery of the free trial versions.
[German]Foreign companies operating in China need the Beijing One Pass app, to access a digital platform for managing government employee benefits. Now security specialists have found spyware-like features in this app and made that known.
[German]Routers and modems from the Taiwan-based manufacturer Arcadyan have a CVE-2021-20090 vulnerability that can be used to bypass authentication. The routers and modems are sold under many trade names by other manufacturers.
[German]For users who want to easily backup and restore their Edge browser profile data, I have a solution. A PowerShell module that can perform this exact task for the current user.
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