[German]A quick question for readers who use Windows. Has anyone seen a pop-up screen with the text "Welcome to the Microsoft 365 app" recently?
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Did anyone get the "Welcome to the Microsoft 365 app" nag screen?
BlackBerry sells XDR solution Cylance to Artic Wolf
[German]A short message for readers who may rely on BlackBerry's XDR solution Cylance. News has reached me a couple of days ago, that BlackBerry is selling this asset to market leader Artic Wolf – a mutual agreement to transfer has been reached.
Hackers could break the European power grid via vulnerabilities in solar systems
[German]An unpleasant but by no means new realization. Some countries are "proud" of the installed capacity of solar collectors. But a Greek white hat hacker has shown how he could hack into numerous European solar systems using a laptop and the internet and simply switch them off
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VW data leak: terabytes of location data from electric vehicles on AWS
[German]The VW Group is at the center of a data scandal in which recorded location data from 800,000 electric vehicles amounting to terabytes was accessible from the cloud. On the one hand, the incident shows what data vehicle manufacturers collect. On the other hand, it shows how quickly unsecured data can reach the public and then be misused for unwanted purposes.
PayPal fraud via "guest account"; German consumer advice center warns
[German]The German consumer advice center of North Rhine-Westphalia warns of a nasty scam in which criminals abuse PayPal's ability to pay via a guest account. Anyone with a bank account can fall victim to this scam – regardless of whether they use PayPal or not.
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 ...
Windows 11 24H2: No update installation in some cases
[German]Pretty silly story affecting users of Windows 11 24H2. Microsoft has confirmed that the installation of the operating system may not be able to install new security updates. It affects installations made with media from October and November 2024. Microsoft also mentions a workaround to avoid the problem.
ASUS: "Christmas surprise" with christmas.exe gone wrong
[German]ASUS tried to surprise its users and sent them a special Christmas greeting with the file name christmas.exe. Of course, it has been known for years that .exe Christmas greetings should not be sent for security reasons. ASUS managed to scare the hell out of its users in 2024. Let them thinking that a virus was running rampant on their Windows systems. Now many users are really pissed of.
Does Microsoft Exchange Online change the e-mail sender?
[German]I'm posting an observation from a German blog reader that relates to Microsoft's Exchange Online. The reader is confronted with the problem of complaints from business partners about emails that have not "arrived". There is a suspicion that Exchange Online may be manipulating the email senders.
Windows 11 24H2: Are scanner issues fixed?
[German]Recently, Microsoft acknowledged problems with devices that use the eSCL scan protocol under Windows 11 24H2. This also affects USB scanners that simply cannot be found if they use the eSCL scan protocol. Microsoft claims to have fixed this error. Furthermore, device manufacturer updates should be tested in the event of scanner problems.