[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 78.10.1 on May 4, 2021. It is a maintenance update for the 78 main version of the email client, which fixes various bugs and vulnerabilities.
[German]Brief information, after a blog reader send me a question/hint. Samsung has teamed up with Microsoft and will soon host the Samsung Cloud at OneDrive. That raises concerns that Samsung Cloud users may facing similar issues like OneDrive users: Microsoft could lock an OneDrive account without notification, claiming violation of terms of use. Here's some information sorted out about that.
[German]Quick question to see if any of you are affected. Microsoft Defender, which is included by default in Windows, seems to have been running amok for a few hours now, creating and leaving thousands of files on Windows servers (and possibly Windows 10 clients). A user reached out to me on Twitter last night regarding this and left some initial clues. Here's a brief overview.
[German]Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in a driver that has been installed on millions of Dell consumer and enterprise Windows systems over the past 12 years. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to perform privilege escalation. In other words, the vulnerability (CVE-2021-21551) in Dell's so-called DBUtil Windows driver now puts the affected PCs, All-in-One and 2-in-1 systems at security risk.
[German]On May 4, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday) Microsoft releases non-security updates for still supported versions of Microsoft Office. Here's a quick rundown – there were only updates for Office 2016 this time, but it seems Outlook is having issues with autocomplete.
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[German]The Credit Scores of Millions of Americans has been exposed via a faulty API of credit reporting company Experian, as Krebs on Security reported here. A name and an email address was sufficient, to snoop into the credit score of tens of millions of Americans. Although Experian says it has plugged the data leak, the security expert who has uncovered this leak, fears, that other lending websites, who are using this API are still suffering from thes vulnerability.
[German]Even though Adobe Flash has been disabled in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 since early January 2021, there may still be code in operating system installations. Now Microsoft has quietly updated its plans to remove Flash from Windows. Starting in June 2021, a new attempt will be made to remove the Adobe Flash player from Windows.
[German]Microsoft security researchers have taken a closer look at Internet of Things (IoT) software used in devices and operational technology (OT) industrial systems. In the process, they have come across more than two dozen critical remote code execution vulnerabilities. The implications affect everything from IoT devices to medical devices to industrial systems.
[German]Short summary of various topics for Windows 10. For example, Microsoft is working on integrating the Bluetooth AAC audio codec into Windows 10. In addition, a problem was solved that programs were arranged differently after waking up from standby mode. And over at Scott Hanselmann's site, I came across a tip on how to solve the problem of not running just one or all monitors in full-screen mode during RDP sessions.
[German]Swiss cloud provider, Swiss Cloud AG, fell victim to a cyber attack at the end of April 2021 – according to my information, it was a ransomware attack that brought the company to its knees. Here is a rough overview of what is known and confirmed by Swiss Cloud AG.
MVP:
2013 – 2016
WIMVP:
2017 – 2020
