[German]On September 10, 2024 (second Tuesday of the month, patch day at Microsoft), Microsoft also released cumulative updates for Windows 11 23H2 to 21H2. Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 23H2 also received updates. The updates should, for example, make the Bitlocker query caused by the July 2024 updates disappear. Here are some details about these updates, which are intended to fix vulnerabilities and problems.
[German]On September 10, 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 September 10, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office – as well as for other products. The security updates eliminate 79 vulnerabilities (CVEs), including seven critical vulnerabilities, four of which are classified as 0-day (three are already being exploited). Below is a compact overview of these updates that were released on Patchday.
[German]Microsoft has published the security baseline for Edge version 128 a few days ago. However, administrators should be careful when applying this security baseline. This is because the specifications ensure that users can no longer print because the printer drivers are blocked. Here is some information about the situation.
[German]Mozilla Firefox 115 still runs on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, but has been in extended support for some time. It was previously known that the developers wanted to support this browser version until Q3 2024. The Mozilla developers have now confirmed that Firefox 115 will be supported until March 2025.
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[German]Another little tip for Windows users regarding "desktop icons suddenly changed". It often happens that Windows suddenly overlays all or some desktop icons with a gray X symbol. Then good advice is expensive, because what is the cause and how do you get rid of it? After it happened to me, I take up the topic in a blog post and show you what you can do.
[German]An unpleasant development in the USA, where the city of Columbus in Ohio was the victim of a ransomware attack. The mayor tried to play down the case, claiming that the data was useless to criminals. A security researcher looked at the data leaked by the ransomware gang and proved that the data was sensitive. The city sued the security researcher and he was granted a temporary injunction prohibiting him from reporting.
[German]Facebook recently changed its strategy regarding policy violations. With a lot of prose, users are supposed to be "educated" on policy violations in order to avoid such things – this is supposed to prevent the previous "blocks". Since "Facebook is broken by design", the "training" is simply "white salve" and an attempt to save what cannot be saved. And for me, it's a great opportunity to outline how broken Facebook and its AI algorithms for content control are. And it is a prime example to show that these "filters", which are also always brought into play by the EU Commission & Co. to control internet content, are failing and that AI is dragging people into the abyss.
[German]I'll combine two topics into one post. Google has released its Android 15 (Vanilla Ice Cream) as an Android Open Source Project (ASOP). This means that the operating system is available for various mobile device manufacturers – they can port Android 15 to their models and roll it out. I also received (surprisingly) Android 14 on the Motorola Moto G13 a few weeks ago.
[German]Veeam warns of a critical RCE vulnerability in Backup & Replication. Blog reader j. pointed out the vulnerability yesterday in the discussion area (thanks for that) – but I had already heard about it elsewhere. The vulnerability CVE-2024-4071 was classified with a CVSS index of 9.8, so it should be fixed as soon as possible. Veeam has therefore published corresponding updates to its Backup & Replication software to close these vulnerabilities. But there are other vulnerabilities in various products. Here is a brief overview of this topic.
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2013 – 2016
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