[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, Microsoft Patchday), Microsoft released several security-related updates for Microsoft Office 2016, as well as the C2R variants (Office 2016-2021 and 365) and other products. Below you will find an overview of the available updates.
[German]Various security updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 (1st ESU year) were published on October 8, 2024. Support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 expired in January 2024. However, updates for Windows Embedded Standard 7 can be downloaded from the Microsoft Update Catalog. Here is an overview of these updates for Windows Server 2012/R2 and Windows Embedded Standard 7
[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 21H2 to 24H2. Windows 11 21H2 and 22H2 are therefore no longer supported. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.
[German]On October 8, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), various cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version) as well as for the Windows Server counterparts. Here are some details on the respective security updates for Windows 10 and the server counterparts.
[German]On October 8, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 117 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including three critical vulnerabilities, four of which are classified as 0-day (two are already being exploited). Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.
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[German]It's an unpleasant story involving a company for automation solutions and home security solutions. The US company ADT has reported a security breach to the US authorities. An attacker was able to gain access to ADT systems via third parties and access them, as well as tapping into employees' account data.
[German]VMware by Broadcom released the new VMware Workstation version 17.6 a few days ago. However, users who use a non-English Windows operating system should wait with "installation attempts". VMware Workstation version 17.6 cannot be installed because the English-language group names expected by the installer are not available.
[German]Unknown actory have succeeded in hacking the Lego website. For some time, the website displayed advertisements for crypto-assets with a scam in the background. However, Lego has since restored the website and prevented the attackers from accessing it.
[German]I have to catch up on something from last week – on October 1, 2024 (first Tuesday of the month), Microsoft released non-security updates for Microsoft Office 2016. I'll summarize some information about these updates here in the blog.
[German]Chinese manufacturer Huawei has announced that it will soon be ditching Microsoft Windows and shipping its devices with its own HarmonyOS.
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