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Tag Archives: Cloud
Microsoft Entra: Update your Conditional Access Policies for Azure DevOps Sign-ins
[German]Administrators in companies that use conditional access policies for Azure DevOps sign-ins in Microsoft Entra need to take action. Starting September 2, 2025, Microsoft Entra will discontinue the application of conditional access policies via Azure Resource Manager for Azure DevOps … Continue reading
Windows: AutoPilot deployment hangs after accepting the Terms of Use (TOU)
[German]I'm posting some information here in the blog for administrators who distribute Windows to devices using AutoPilot. It seems that the deployment process gets stuck immediately after accepting the Terms of Use (TOU). A meaningless error message appears and nothing … Continue reading
Has your Microsoft account been hacked? Do you see any unusual activity in your history? – Part 1
[German]I would like to share some brief information with you, along with a question for our readers. It concerns the activity history of your Microsoft accounts. A blog reader informed me that he suddenly noticed access attempts from unknown IP … Continue reading
Microsoft Word should automatically save to the cloud
[German]Microsoft is adapting Word so that this application will automatically create documents in the cloud instead of locally in the future. It has already been implemented in Insider Previews. For Microsoft, this is an opportunity to use data for AI … Continue reading
Microsoft warns: Ransomware group Storm-0501 attacks (Azure) cloud, demands payments
[German]Microsoft warns of the financially motivated group Storm-0501, which continuously targets cloud instances (Azure) with attacks. If successful, data is extracted, the originals are encrypted, and backups are destroyed. A ransom is then demanded.
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 ...
Replacing Exchange with cloud-managed remote mailboxes in EO
[German]Microsoft unveiled its "Cloud-Managed Remote Mailboxes" on August 20, 2025. This is an attempt to free companies that have moved all their mailboxes to Exchange Online in the cloud from the Microsoft Exchange servers they still operate on-premises. These Exchange … Continue reading
Perplexity Comet Browser Prompt Injection as a major security risk
[German]Another failure in the field of AI agents. The developers of the Brave browser have revealed a vulnerability in the Perplexity Comet browser. Using prompt injection, it would be possible to retrieve sensitive information from the agent and instruct the … Continue reading
Cyber incident at SIP trunk provider Colt (from August 14, 2025)
[German]I have no idea whether and how many blog readers use the SIP trunk services of the provider Colt (colt.net) for telephony. The provider has suffered a cyber incident (possibly since last Thursday). This also affects the SIP trunk solutions … Continue reading
Microsoft blocked account of LibreOffice developer
[German]I have reported several times on sudden Microsoft account suspensions. Suddenly, out of the blue, access to your Microsoft account is blocked. Everything connected to the account falls into digital nirvana. Now it has happened to a LibreOffice developer whose … Continue reading
Sovereign EU cloud debacle: Microsoft cannot prevent US access
[German]Microsoft has inflated a huge balloon with regard to European cloud offerings. Data centers in Europe, a "European Microsoft cloud" for digital sovereignty. And then a Microsoft manager had to admit under oath that this does not protect against access … Continue reading