[German]On February 11, 2025, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – and for other products. The security updates eliminate 55 vulnerabilities (CVEs), three of which are classified as critical and four as 0-day. Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on patchday.
[German]Microsoft updated its MS365 apps to build 18324.20194 at the end of January 2025. I have received user reports that since the upgrade to this build, Microsoft OneNote no longer starts on Windows Terminal Server (under Windows Server 2016).
[German]Apple has released an update to iOS 18.3.1 on 10.2.2025. It is an emergency update, so to speak, which is intended to close an exploitable vulnerability. The update also contains bug fixes. The update installation is recommended for all users of iOS devices.
[German]Microsoft has released the 2025 H1 Cumulative Update for Exchange Server 2019 on February 10, 2024. The CU15 is the last cumulative update for this Exchange version, which will then be withdrawn from support in October 2025. The CU15 contains all security changes that are included in the SU v2 from November 2024, as well as a correction for the known time zone problem in the SU from November 2024 (see also Microsoft Exchange Server Nov. Updates Re-Release (27. Nov. 2024)).
[German]International law enforcement organizations (FBI, Interpol), have seized the leak site of the ransomware group 8Base, with the participation of the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation and on behalf of the Bamberg Public Prosecutor General's Office. In addition, four European suspects were arrested in Thailand.
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[German]A quick question for users of Microsoft Outlook with a connection to Exchange Online. Have there been more and more problems with Microsoft Outlook in recent days, with it no longer responding or working extremely slowly?
[German]Back in November 2024, Microsoft had to admit that there was a bug in Windows 11 24H2. On the settings page, standard users cannot make any changes to the time zone in the settings page. This option is only offered to administrators. Microsoft has now fixed the problem.
[German]I have recently received an information from a blog reader who is struggling with the fact that some of his users' Microsoft 365 accounts are sporadically deleting contacts.
[German]I'm pulling out one more topic in this blog post that will concern Windows 10 users in February 2025. Microsoft is pushing the new Outlook app onto systems with the February 2025 security update. At the same time, the Windows Mail and Calendar app will be removed. Let's take a look at the facts.
[German]In December 2024, the Microsoft Threat Intelligence team observed limited activity from an unknown attacker using a publicly available, static ASP. NET machine key to inject malicious code and deploy the Godzilla post-exploitation framework.
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