Tag Archives: Update

WordPress 5.8.3 released

WordPress version 5.8.3 has been released on January 6, 2022. This new version fixes 4 security issues affect WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.8. If you haven't yet updated to 5.8, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated … Continue reading

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Chrome 97.0.4692.71 released, contains fixes for 37 security vulnerabilities

[German]Google has released an update to Google Chrome 97.0.4692.71 for Windows, Mac and Linux (and version 97.0.4664.104 for Android) as of January 4, 2022. It's an update to a new development branch that closes vulnerabilities. Here's a quick overview.

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Microsoft Office Updates (January 4, 2022)

[German]On January 4, 2022 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft releases non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. This month, however, there is only one update for Microsoft Office 2016. Here is a brief overview.

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Windows Server: Out-of-Band Update fixes Remote Desktop issues (2022/01/04)

[German]Microsoft has released a special update (out of band update) for Windows Server on January 4, 2022. This is supposed to eliminate massive problems that can occur with remote desktop connections. The problem actually affects all Windows Server versions, but … Continue reading

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VMware security advisory about vulnerability CVE-2021-22045 in VMware Workstation & Co.

[German]Vendor VMware has issued a security alert for vulnerability CVE-2021-22045 as of January 4, 2022. This vulnerability, located in the CD-ROM driver, threatens the security of VMware Workstation, Fusion and ESXi Server through a heap overflow. However, updates are available … Continue reading

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

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Status of the access bug after December 2021 update (2022/01/03)

[German]With the December 2021 security updates for Microsoft Office, vulnerabilities in the Microsoft Jet Red Database Engine and in the Access Connectivity Engine have been fixed. Subsequently, however, Access databases can only be edited by one person. In the meantime … Continue reading

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Pixel 6/6 Pro: Google has stopped the rollout of December 2021 Update

Google has stopped the rollout of the December 2021 Android security update for its Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones. The reason: After the update was released, some users reported that calls were interrupted or the connection dropped. Google … Continue reading

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Dell BIOS update causes (boot) issues with notebooks and desktop systems (12.2021)

[German]Any of you with more recent Dell notebooks or desktop systems? Then you might want to be a little cautious with recent BIOS (UEFI) updates and read this post beforehand. There is evidence that a BIOS update from Dell can … Continue reading

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Thunderbird 91.4.1

[German]The developers of the Thunderbird email client have released Thunderbird 91.4.1 on December 17, 2021. This is a maintenance update for the 91 development branch, which makes numerous fixes. Here is a brief overview.

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Firefox 95.0.2 released

[German]On December 19, 2021, Mozilla developers released version 95.0.2 as a maintenance update of the Firefox browser to correct a bug with AMD CPUs. According to the release notes, there is only one bug fix: Fixes frequent crashes for users … Continue reading

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