AD and Exchange Server vulnerable via EWS API

Another brief information for Exchange administrators. There is an unpatched vulnerability (CVE-2018-8581) on all Exchange Server versions that could be used by remote attackers to take over the machine.

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Office365 outage: a status update (01/26/2019)

[German]Microsoft's Office365 business customers are facing an outage of Microsoft's Office365.com service since January 24, 2019. Exchange Online is partially not reachable, so email can't be send or received. Today (Saturday, January 26, 2019) a status update about that outage.

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Windows 10 1809/Server 2019: Issue with SystemGuard Launch Security Baseline settings

[German]Brief information for administrators of Windows 10 v1809 clients or Windows Server 2019 instances. There is an issue with the Security Baseline where a newly introduced SystemGuard Launch option can cause to a blank screen when booting a UEFI system.

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Microsoft employees experienced reply-all email Armageddon

[German]Thursday, January 24, 2019, about 11,500 Microsoft employees were probably quite annoyed because their mailboxes were flooded with 'tons of e-mails'. A configuration change to the Microsoft's Github account was the root cause of this incident.

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Will Windows 19H1 be called Windows 10 April 2019 Update?

In spring 2019 Microsoft will release a new Windows 10 version in the 19H1 development branch. What will be the name of this Windows 19H1 version?

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Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution

[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...


Android: ES File Explorer vulnerable

Android file manager ES File Explorer has a vulnerability that put 100 Million Users' Data at Risk. A hidden web server runs always in background.

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Office 365 down (January 24, 2019)?

[German]Short question: Can you reach Office365.com? It seems, that Microsoft Office365.com services has a massive outage in Europe, Africa and Middle East. I received two user messages on January 24, 2019, that Office365.com is not available.

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Using Sysinternals Sysmon 8.0.0? Update to 8.0.4

[German]A quick tip for admins who use Sysmon from the Sysinternals system monitoring tools. There is a memory leak in version 8.0.0, which has been fixed in the updated version 8.0.4.

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Windows-Tool UserBenchMark – is it trustable?

[German]Here's a blog post for people who love to use tons of tools onto their Windows systems. I have just become aware of the Windows tool UserBenchMark, that promises to create a benchmark of the system. I was asked if the tool is trustable.

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Windows 10 V1809: Update KB4476976 (01/22/2019)

[German]Microsoft released the KB4476976 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019 on January 22, 2019. Here is a brief overview of what's new.

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