[German]Microsoft has begun rolling out its controversial Recall function and other features in stages on April 25, 2025. The new features are coming in a staged rollout with the preview update KB5055627 for Windows 11 24H2, whereby the features are to be reserved for Copilot+ PCs systems.
[German]Users of Microsoft Outlook Classic have been plagued by high CPU load peaks (e.g. when typing texts) for months. After Microsoft acknowledged this problem with Office 365 (from version 2406, build 17726.20126), there is now also a schedule for a bug fix.
[German]Small addendum to an error under Windows 11 24H2, caused by an update. There are reports that the HCL Notes (Domino) application no longer wants to start after the KB5055523 update from April 8, 2025 has been installed on a machine. Below is some information on this issue.
Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5055627 for Windows 11 24H2 on April 25, 2025. I have added some information about this update in the blog post Windows 10/11: Preview Updates April 22 and 25, 2025.
[German]A brief note for readers who use the ScreenConnect product from Connect Wise. The provider has issued a warning that an important security update is available for this product. Users and administrators, that are using the on-premises version of this product, should install the update as soon as possible.
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[German]A small note from the "world of web browsers". There is a discussion in the Chromium bug tracker about angle brackets ("<" and ">"), which can occur as characters in HTML attributes or innerHTML elements. Escape handling is now to be introduced to prevent mXSS attacks. However, this could "break" the Chromium browsers (and other browsers).
[German]Security provider Check Point Research has published its ransomware report for the first quarter of 2025. In its latest State of Ransomware report, the security researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) report that the first quarter of 2025 saw a new high in the number of ransomware attacks reported by hackers.
[German]Once again, there has been a serious "rattle". Microsoft Defender XDR has incorrectly classified Adobe Acrobat Cloud links as "malicious". As a result, thousands of Adobe users suddenly had more than 1,700 sensitive documents checked on the AnyRun online platform. The documents uploaded to AnyRun by Freeplan users were subsequently made public. This is particularly good for sensitive documents when they become public.
[German]Question for the Microsoft 365 administrators and users among our readers: Are there more sign-in problems with Outlook login or access today?
[German]Users of Windows 11 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 have been plagued by problems with remote desktop connections for months. Microsoft has now announced that it has at least fixed the freezing of remote desktop connections as a result of the February 2025 security update for these operating systems.
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