Tag Archives: Update

Patchday: Windows 8.1/Server 2012-Updates (August 10, 2021)

[German]As of August 10, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 8.1. However, these security updates are also available for Windows Server 2012 R2. Here is some information about the Monthly Rollup and Security only updates for this operating system.

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Patchday: Updates for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 (August 10, 2021)

[German]As of August 10, Microsoft has released various updates for Windows 7 SP1 systems that are still in ESU support. Also with ESU Bypass v11 the whole thing still works. But these security updates are also available for Windows Server … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows 10-Updates (August 10, 2021)

[German]On August 10, 2021 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday at Microsoft), several cumulative updates were released for the supported Windows 10 builds (from the RTM version to the current version 21H1). Here are some details about the respective patchday … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (August 10, 2021)

[German]On August 10, 2021, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office, etc. – as well as for other products – were released. Below is a compact overview of these updates released on the August 2021 patchday.

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Exchange Server: Update on ProxyShell vulnerabilities

[German]Unknown thread actors are scanning the Internet for Microsoft Exchange servers that are updated to March 2021 and are not protected against the ProxyLogon vulnerability. CERT-Bund warns, and calls for patching. Meanwhile, there are advanced Sigma rules for administrators to … Continue reading

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

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Pulse Connect Secure RCE Vulnerability CVE-2021-22937

[German]The ncccgroup released a Technical Advisory as of August 5 warning of the RCE vulnerability CVE-2021-22937 in Pulse Connect Secure. The Pulse Connect Secure appliance suffers from an uncontrolled archive extraction vulnerability that allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files, … Continue reading

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Microsoft touts top-notch monthly Windows update efficiency

[German]The timely installation of security updates is a building block to protect Windows systems from the cyber threats of this time. Microsoft therefore once again advertises to its clientele that it implements or achieves a "first-class monthly Windows patch efficiency". … Continue reading

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Exchange vulnerabilities: Will we see Hafnium II?

[German]Are we soon seeing a second hafnium disaster, in which Exchange servers are attacked and taken over via vulnerabilities? At the BlackHat 2021 conference, security researcher Orange Tsai spoke about new vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange and, in addition to old … Continue reading

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Edge 92.0.902.67

[German]Microsoft has updated the Edge browser to version 92.0.902.67 as of August 5, 2021. The release notes state that security updates to the Chromium browser have been included. Microsoft emailed me the list of fixed vulnerabilities in Chromium.

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Microsoft Office Patchday (August 3, 2021)

[German]On August 3, 2021 (first Tuesday of the month, Office Patchday), Microsoft will release non-security updates for still-supported versions of Microsoft Office. Among other things, crashes in Outlook and performance issues are lifted. Here's a brief overview.

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