Tag Archives: Windows

0Patch Micro patch against Follina vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190) in Windows

Posted on 2022-06-02 by guenni

[German]The ACROS Security team around founder Mitja Kolsek has released a micro-patch to close the 0-click Microsoft Diagnostic Tool remote code vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190, Follina). The micro-patch is available for all customers with Windows and the 0patch agent free license. Here … Continue reading →

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Follina vulnerabilitiy (CVE-2022-30190): Status, Findings, Warnings & Attacks

Posted on 2022-06-01 by guenni

[German]Since the weekend, a new Windows vulnerability CVE-2022-30190 in combination with Microsoft Office has been knows under the name Follina. In the meantime, the US CISA and also the BSI have warned about this vulnerability – while security researchers have … Continue reading →

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Microsoft 365: Activation issues with Windows Pro Enterprise (May 31, 2022)

Posted on 2022-06-01 by guenni

[German]Quick question for administrators in the enterprise environment who manage Microsoft 365 licenses (volume licenses, E3/E5). Are you currently experiencing problems with Windows Pro systems no longer activating or losing activation? I have received indications from the readership regarding this … Continue reading →

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Follina: Attack via Word documents and ms-msdt protocol (CVE-2022-30190)

Posted on 2022-06-01 by guenni

[German]A new attack vector has been known since the weekend that abuses the Microsoft Support Diagnostics Utility via the ms-msdt: protocol to download and abuse malicious Word documents (or Excel spreadsheets) from the web. Microsoft has since issued a support … Continue reading →

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Windows 10 21H2: Explorer and taskbar issues due to "HP Development Company, L.P. – Extension – 8.10.5.34686"

Posted on 2022-05-31 by guenni

[German]Brief  info in the round of the owners of HP Windows PCs to a problem and immediately the question whether someone is affected. On these computers there are problems since a short time, the taskbar freezes under Windows, the Explorer … Continue reading →

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

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Windows issue: Defender collides with FMAPOService

Posted on 2022-05-26 by guenni

[German]In April 2022, I had reported issues with Windows Defender on Windows 10 (20H2). From extreme RAM usage to startup problems with Word or effects like black screen after user login has been observed/reported. Some issues were supposedly fixed by … Continue reading →

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Windows 11: Preview Update KB5014019 (May 24, 2022)

Posted on 2022-05-25 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released the optional cumulative (preview) update KB5014019 for Windows 11 as of April 25, 2022. The preview updates for Windows 10 and Windows Server are described in separate articles. The KB5014019 update was previously tested with Windows 11 … Continue reading →

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Strange WSUS update alert dated May 24, 2022.

Posted on 2022-05-25 by guenni

[German]Blog reader Markus K. contacted me yesterday morning by mail and described a strange observation. On his WSUS instances 45 new update notifications from WSUSE for Windows 10 20H2 to 21H2 have arrived on May 24, 2022, but they belong … Continue reading →

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Windows Defender Application Control: Recommended blocking rules (May 2022)

Posted on 2022-05-23 by guenni

[German]In Windows 10 and Windows 11, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) and AppLocker are available as features in the enterprise variants (Windows 10/11 Enterprise) as security features (see this post). Now, Microsoft has published a list of recommended blocking rules … Continue reading →

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Windows out-of-band updates (05/19/2022) fixes AD authentication error and Store installation error

Posted on 2022-05-20 by guenni

[German]Microsoft has released a series of unscheduled updates (out-of-band updates) for supported versions of Windows (client and server) as of May 19, 2022, to correct issues caused by the May 10 security updates. These include the Active Directory authentication issue … Continue reading →

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