[German]On July 13, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft has released several security-related updates for still supported Microsoft Office versions and other products. Here is an overview of the available updates. Microsoft fixes the Outlook search crash bug.
[German]Mozilla developers have released version 90.0.0 and 78.12.0 ESR of the Firefox browser on July 13, 2021. The version 90.0.0 is a new development branch of the browser, and the ESR is a security update, which should eliminate vulnerabilities, but also fix bugs.
[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.12.0, effective July 13, 2021. This is a maintenance and security update for the 78 development branch that should fix several bugs and four vulnerabilities rated as high. Continue reading
[German]Vendor VMware has released a new VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2021-0014 with a severity rating of "Important" as of July 13, 2021. VMware ESXi updates fix authentication and denial of service vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-21994, CVE-2021-21995). The whole thing affects VMware ESXi and VMware Cloud Foundation (Cloud Foundation).
[German]As of July 13, 2021, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for this operating system. Continue reading
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[German]On July 13, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2008 R2 with ESU support. Here is some information about the Monthly Rollup and Security only Updates for this operating system.
[German]On July 13, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from RTM version to the current version 21H1). Here are some details about the respective patchday security updates. Continue reading
[German]The websites and infrastructure of the REvil ransomware group have been suddenly shut down or offline since last night. Even the server used to pay the victims is no longer accessible. Currently, it is completely unclear what is behind this situation – and whether the group has been grounded by the state.
[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Exchange Server 2013, Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 as of July 13, 2021. These July updates are required to address vulnerabilities reported by external security partners and found through Microsoft's internal processes. The updates apply to the Exchange Server on-premises installations listed below.
[German]A breif information for in between: Are you aware that the so-called mainstream support for Windows Server 2016 will already end on Jan. 11, 2022? From this point on, this operating system will still get security updates, but no more bug fixes and improvements are planned by Microsoft. According to this document, however, Windows Server 2016 will continue to get security updates until Jan. 12, 2027, when it will drop out of support. By the way, the product was released on October 15, 2016. I assume that the mass of installations are still with Windows Server 2016. Are any of you switching to Windows Server 2019 as of January 2022?
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
