[German]On June 11, 2025, Microsoft will hold its regular patch day and release security updates for Windows. Administrators in companies should install the security updates promptly this time, as a vulnerability CVE-2025-33073 in Windows is to be closed. At the weekend, information was already circulating warning of the vulnerability. Let me summarize some preliminary information that I can disclose.
[German]In addition to the issue just mentioned in the article Bug in Office 365 v2505? Mails are lost in cached mode, there is another inconsistency that a user has pointed out to me: Non explainable appointment or meeting cancellations in the calendar of the new Outlook from Microsoft Office. The question arises: "What's going on? Is it an isolated case or something faulty in the new Outlook?" Continue reading
[German]Microsoft has already provided an update on the topic of "unlicensed OneDrive accounts" on June 6, 2025 and reminded users of the deadlines. According to Microsoft, unlicensed OneDrive accounts will be archived or deleted after 93 days. Administrators must act to recover data if necessary.
[German]Does anyone use software from ConnectWise (e.g. ScreenConnect)? This evening I received an email from a blog reader pointing out an announcement from ConnectWise that is quite urgent. By tomorrow, June 10, 2025, 15:00 CET, users must update the provider's software as the manufacturer is replacing the digital server certificates. There are fears that an attacker could misuse an old digital certificate. Addendum: There is a new date of June 13, 2025.
[German]Brief information for users who may have used the free option of Microsoft's Power Automate for their own purposes. I have just noticed that Microsoft is no longer providing this automation solution for private users. Anyone who still has flows and data stored there will have to back them up in July 2025 or switch to alternative solutions. Here is a brief summary of the situation.
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[German]I got reports from German readers who use Office version 2505 in a Click-2-Run version (e.g. Office 365). They are losing mails in Outlook 365 version 2505 when moving them to subfolders when cached mode is activated.
[German]I'm posting some more information here that I received from the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The security experts have come across a campaign by the hacker group UNC6040 that uses voice phishing (vishing) to compromise Salesforce instances and steal data.
[German]A quick question for readers who use Fujitsu devices. I have just been informed that there are problems installing Intel driver packages provided by Fujitsu under Windows.
[German]Short addendum from the last few days. Both Google had to provide the Chrome browser and Microsoft had to provide the Chromium-based Edge browser with an urgent security update. This is due to security vulnerabilities that have probably been exploited by threat actors in the wild. I have also received two reader reports about problems when switching to the new Chrome/Edge 137. Here is a brief summary of these issues.
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