Tag Archives: Windows

Windows shortcut exploit used by state hackers as a 0-day since 2017

Posted on 2025-03-21 by guenni

[German]Security researchers from the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) point to a 0-day vulnerability ( ZDI-CAN-25373) in Windows, which has probably been exploited by 11 state-supported hacker groups from North Korea, Iran, Russia and China since 2017. Microsoft rated … Continue reading →

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Microsoft retires the Remote Desktop app as of May 27, 2025

Posted on 2025-03-14 by guenni

[German]Brief information for users who use the Remote Desktop app for Windows (e.g. because the RDP connections do not work). It has just been announced that Microsoft will discontinue the Remote Desktop app for Windows on May 27, 2025. It … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (March 11, 2025)

Posted on 2025-03-12 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, Office and other products on March 11, 2025. The security updates eliminate 56 vulnerabilities (CVEs), seven of which were classified as 0-day. Six vulnerabilities are already under attack. Below is a … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Store error 0x80131500 in Windows: Microsoft's advices to fix it

Posted on 2025-03-06 by guenni

[German]Microsoft Store users may encounter error 0x80131500 when accessing the Store in Windows or updating apps and apps cannot be downloaded. Microsoft has published instructions on what those affected can do to resolve this error. This ranges from resetting the … Continue reading →

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Is SimpleWall Firewall tool compromised?

Posted on 2025-03-04 by guenni

[German]A short warning to the readers of this blog who use SimpleWall as a firewall or tool for configuring the Windows Filtering Platform. A reader has informed me that the software has probably been hacked. I didn't found a proof, … Continue reading →

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

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FAQ and script for secure boot protection against CVE-2023-24932 (Black Lotus)

Posted on 2025-03-03 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has been trying for some time to secure the Secure Boot in Windows against the Black Lotus Boot Kit vulnerability CVE-2023-24932. Below is a short summary or FAQ, including the certificate to be exchanged in the boot media. And … Continue reading →

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CoPilot offered in Microsoft 365 and personalized Windows offers

Posted on 2025-03-02 by guenni

[German]Microsoft seems to be working again on making its users (un)happy with unsolicited special offers. A German blog reader sent me a screenshot in which he was offered to set up Windows for personalized offers. And another German blog reader … Continue reading →

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Windows 11 24H2: VMware Workstation Pro 17.x extremely slow

Posted on 2025-02-25 by guenni

[German]I have received a user message about problems with virtualization using VMware Workstation Pro 17.x on Windows 11 24H2 clients. One user complains that the guest operating systems run extremely slowly. When VMware Workstation is started as a special administrator, … Continue reading →

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IIS Crypto 4.0 released

Posted on 2025-02-24 by guenni

[German]Nartac Software has already released version 4.0 of its small tool IIS Crypto on February 13, 2025. Support for Windows Server 2025 has been added, as well as support for the TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 Cipher Suite. Advertising

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Windows: UDP storm from dasHost.exe

Posted on 2025-02-24 by guenni

[German]I'll take up a topic for the readership that Frank Carius noticed when he recorded an RTP session via UDP using Wireshark. In the recording, he found a large number of UDP broadcast packets on ports 22222 and 3289. Of … Continue reading →

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