[German]Currently, there are more and more reports that no updates are found in the Windows Server Update Service (WSUS). Only Defender updates are trickling in – it looks like Microsoft is not (yet) making the May 11, 2021 security updates available in WSUS.
[German]A brief note and heads up for administrators of Microsoft Exchange on-premises systems. Reserve some time today (05/11/2021) to patch Exchange servers. If the available information is correct, Microsoft is rolling out a critical hotfix for Microsoft Exchange Server in the coming hours (around 10:00 a.m. PST), which should be installed promptly.
[German]The developers of the VLC Player have just released version 3.0.14 for Linux, macOS and Windows. After the somewhat "delayed" version 3.0.14, this is only a minimal maintenance update, which should fix bugs.
[German]Currently it seems that users of Microsoft Office 365 are facing issues receiving emails send from Google & LinkedIn domains. These emails are rejected in some cases. Microsoft has confirmed that and is working on a solution, and it seems that the issue has been resolved.
[German]Since the end of April 2021, numerous users have been complaining about a broken autocomplete display in Outlook that only shows large icons and the entries are no longer readable. The whole thing probably occurs with Outlook version 2016 and 2019 and seems to have been triggered by a Microsoft Office 365 update from late April 2021. Here is a summary of what has come to my attention so far.
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[German]Today a short article about a security topic I recently came across by chance. It's about the possibility to create hidden but active user accounts under Windows via net user command. This ability is increasingly being exploited by malware to set up a possible backdoor in the system.
[German]A German security researcher has managed to break into the firmware of Apple's AirTag controller, dump it and then manipulate it after a few attempts. This allowed the security researcher to display a YouTube video on the phone to users trying to read an AirTag. Here is some information on this issue.
[German]The last few days have again seen spectacular cases of ransomware infections on companies and organizations. The biggest case occurred last Thursday in the U.S., where the largest U.S. pipeline company had to shut down its operations after a successful ransomware attack. In the process, the pipeline that supplies fuel to the U.S. East Coast was also shut down as a precautionary measure
[German]Good news for people who are still stuck on Windows 10 version 1909 because something is stuck and the feature update to the successor versions 2004 or 20H2 was denied. It should now work with the feature update, because Microsoft has now removed all upgrade blockers related to Conexant audio drivers for these Windows 10 versions.
[German]Users of systems with AMD Ryzen processors may run into a problem when Windows Update replaces Windows' own NVMe SSD driver with an AMD driver. Subsequently, Windows 10 can no longer boot and throws an INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE blue screen. The issue has been resolved by pulling this AMD driver.
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