[German]Microsoft has once again released the preparation update KB4023057 for machines with Windows 10 in July 2021. The update is supposed to improve the reliability of the Windows Update service, i.e. to find any update problems on the Windows 10 systems of private users that prevent an upgrade.
[German]Brief information for Windows admins in the corporate environment. Microsoft has released the night of 7/29/2021 revised security updates to mitigate NTLM Relay attacks on Active Directory certificates and vulnerability CVE-2021-36934 (Windows Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, HiveNightmare). I'll post it here uncommented for your information.
[German]Owners of Microsoft Office 2010 who are still using this package should realize that this product has not only fallen out of Microsoft support, but can also no longer be re-activated in case of a fresh install. Microsoft seems to refuses now to activate the product after a re-install, as I have now learned in two specific cases.
[German]Microsoft has released the next set of out-of-band updates for Windows 8 Embedded/Server 2012 and Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2 on July 28, 2021. These updates are supposed to fix the printing issue in connection with SmartCard authentication. Here's a quick overview of the new updates.
[German]Microsoft is cutting Windows Server channels and eliminating the semi-annual upgrade channels in the future. Starting with the upcoming Windows Server 2022, there will only be so-called LTSC variants every two to three years, which will get five years of mainstream support and another five years of extended support with security updates.. Continue reading
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[German]Microsoft has released unscheduled updates for Windows 10 version 1809, as well as Windows 7 SP1 (with ESU) and Windows Server 2008 SP2 (with ESU), effective July 27, 2021. These special updates are intended to fix the printing issue associated with SmartCard authentication. Here is a quick overview of the situation.
[German]Microsoft recently held an "Ask me anything" (AMA) session on Windows 11, where some strategies were presented. For example, there will be no quarter for systems that do not meet the hardware requirements – tricks to get around the installation hurdles are not supposed to exist. In addition, some information about the topic of app updates was revealed – so they don't have to be updated via the store. Here is a brief overview of these topics, enriched with my thoughts on sustainability and Microsoft Teams as a Trojan horse for the IT solutions of the coming years.
[German]Quick note for administrators who use the MBAM agent to escrow BitLocker recovery keys. This may result in excessive policy generation in Configuration Manager version 2103. Microsoft has now provided a hotfix to address this issue.
[German]Quick announcement for administrators in the corporate environment. As of July 26, 2021, Microsoft has announced the availability of the Security Baseline for Microsoft Edge version 92 (see the Techcommunity post Security baseline for Microsoft Edge v92). In the new version, 3 settings have been added to the policies and one setting has been removed. The package can be downloaded from the Download Center as Security Compliance Toolkit. (via)
[German]Apple released iOS 14.7.1 and macOS 11.5.1 on July 26, 2021. These are updates that fix bugs and especially security vulnerabilities. One vulnerability is already being exploited for attacks practically in the wild.
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