Tag Archives: Windows

Important ESET product updates available (Feb. 8, 2024)

[German]Short information for administrators who use ESET Endpoint Antivirus/Security under Windows. The manufacturer has released an important product update for its Windows product line, which should be installed immediately. The update fixes a vulnerability that will not be disclosed in … Continue reading

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Bitlocker key determined via TPM within 42 seconds with Raspberry Pi Pico

[German]A news for Windows users, encrypting their disks with Bitlocker. A YouTuber demonstrates how a vulnerability in "external" TPM chips can be exploited to determine a Bitlocker key within seconds. All you need is a Bitlocker key sniffer in the … Continue reading

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Windows "EventLogCrasher" 0-day vulnerability crashes event logging; 0patch micro-patch available

[German]On January 23, 2024, a vulnerability became known that could cause event logging under Windows to crash. The vulnerability, known as EventLogCrasher, can also be exploited remotely in Windows clients and Windows servers and there is still no patch from … Continue reading

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Visual Studio Subscriptions (MSDN) Windows January 2024 Refresh media available

Microsoft has made new installation media for Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 available in its Visual Studio Subscriptions portal (formerly MSDN). The January 2024 Refresh ISO installation media was released on January 18, 2024, but was created … Continue reading

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Microsoft is working on a fix for the installation error 0x80070643 (WinRE update KB5034441)

[German]Addendum from the January 2024 patchday, where numerous users run into install error 0x80070643 with update KB5034441. This update is intended to fix a vulnerability relating to Bitlocker encryption in the WinRE environment. There are workarounds, but they are too … Continue reading

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

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Microsoft's PowerShell script against installation error 0x80070643 for KB5034441 (Jan. 2024)

[German]The security update rolled out on January 9, 2024 via automatic update (e.g. KB5034441) against a BitLocker Security Feature Bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-20666 in the WinRE partition fails on many systems with the installation error 0x80070643. Somehow this is a disaster … Continue reading

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Microsoft patches CVE-2024-21325 in Printer Metadata Troubleshooter Tool (KB5034510)

[German]In December 2023, Microsoft released the Printer Metadata Troubleshooter Tool (KB5034510) to fix the HP Smart App issue. Shortly afterwards, following a tip from Stefan Kanthak, I reported on security problems with this tool here in the blog. Microsoft has … Continue reading

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Windows WinRE update (for Bitlocker Bypassing vulnerability CVE-2024-20666) fails with installation error 0x80070643 (Jan. 2024, KB5034441)

[German]Microsoft has released security updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 (and Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022) on January 9, 2024. This update also includes a fix (according to KB5034441) to eliminate the BitLocker Security Feature Bypass vulnerability CVE-2024-20666 in … Continue reading

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Patchday: Windows 10 Updates (January 9, 2024)

[German]On January 9 (second Tuesday of the month, Patchday 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 … Continue reading

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Microsoft Security Update Summary (January 9, 2024)

[German]On January 9, 2024, Microsoft released security updates for Windows clients and servers, for Office and for other products. The security updates eliminate 48 vulnerabilities (CVEs), two of which are critical vulnerabilities. Below is a compact overview of these updates … Continue reading

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