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Retirement of Internet Explorer 11 Desktop Application Starting June 15, 2022
by Jake Heberling Desktop & Applications Engineer Starting on June 15, 2022, Microsoft will be retiring the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application, after which it will be out of support and no longer receive security updates. Windows 10 versions affected by this announcement are as follows: Windows 10 client SKUs (version […]
Citrix Application Delivery Management (ADM) Vulnerabilities Discovered
by Daniel Ruiz Practice Lead, Citrix Technologies Citrix announced new vulnerabilities discovered in Citrix ADM that could result in the following security issues. Corruption of the system by a remote, unauthenticated user. The impact of this can include the reset of the administrator password at the next device reboot, allowing an […]
Citrix Announces New Vulnerabilities in Citrix ADC & Citrix Gateway (NetScaler)
by Daniel Ruiz Practice Lead, Citrix Technologies Today Citrix announced new vulnerabilities discovered in Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway (NetScaler) that could result in a denial of service. Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-27507 (Medium severity) The following supported versions of Citrix ADC and Citrix Gateway are affected by this […]
Microsoft to Retire All 1.X Versions of Azure AD Connect
by Jared Hamilton Managing Director, Systems Engineering Microsoft has announced that on August 31st of 2022 they will retire versions 1.X of their Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) Connect Application. Microsoft’s main reason for proceeding with the retirement of these versions is because they include SQL server 2012 components that will no longer be supported. […]
Citrix Gateway integration with Storefront Issue
by Daniel Ruiz Practice Lead, Citrix Technologies Citrix recently announced an issue with Citrix Gateway integration with Storefront. Users accessing Custom Themes based on RFWebUI may get stuck at a spinning circle after credentials are entered. The problem appears to occur for users connecting via Chrome or Chromium update version 100.0.4896.60 (Official Build) (64-bit). At […]
Microsoft to Retire and Disable Internet Explorer 11 Starting on June 15, 2022 | Action Required
by Jeffrey Firkin Desktop & Applications Engineer Microsoft has announced that the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will no longer be supported on certain versions of Windows 10 starting June 15, 2022. Windows 10 versions affected by this announcement are as follows: Windows 10 client SKUs (version 20H2 and later) Windows 10 IoT (version 20H2 and […]
Zero Day Vulnerabilities Detected With APC UPS SmartConnect
By Robinson Roca Managing Director, Network Infrastructure Schneider Electric APC UPS have announced three Zero Day Vulnerabilities discovered by Armis Labs. These vulnerabilities pertain to a newer method of management using Schneider Electric’s cloud management called “SmartConnect”. This allows an attacker to impersonate the cloud and control the UPS. The CVEs pertaining to the vulnerability […]
Daylight Saving Time and VDI: Preparing for Potential Disruptions on November 5th
The upcoming Daylight Saving Time adjustment on Sunday November 5th at 2:00 AM (EST) can cause synchronization and operational issues in VDI environments. Machines, especially those using Citrix and VMware services, may experience time discrepancies leading to registration issues, session disconnects, and policy failures. To mitigate potential disruptions, it’s essential to update the base image […]
Apache Log4j Vulnerabilities for VMware vCenter Server and vCenter Cloud Gateway
by Danny Simmons Senior Systems Engineer Summary A critical vulnerability in CVE-2021-44228 has been determined to impact vCenter Server 7.0.x, vCenter 6.7.x & vCenter 6.5.x via the Apache Log4j open source component. VMware expects to fully address both CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046 by updating log4j to version 2.16 in forthcoming releases of vCenter Server, as outlined […]
Microsoft Patches Windows AppX Installer Spoofing Vulnerability
By Jake Heberling Desktop & Applications Engineer On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, Microsoft released security updates to address 67 CVEs, seven of which are rated as critical, including a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows AppX Installer that is already seeing active exploitation. This is being tracked as CVE-2021-43890 and has a CVSS score of 7.1 […]