2022 is over, and it’s been filled with a large assortment of stories varying from the impact of Russia’s intrusion of Ukraine to the lots of bugs introduced by Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates for Windows.
Some stories were more popular with our readers than others, especially stories about Windows updates that broke many functions.
Below we list the ten most popular stories at BleepingComputer in 2022.
10.Microsoft Exchange year 2022 bug in FIP-FS breaks email shipment
A bug in Microsoft Exchange triggered on-premise servers to stop delivering e-mails on January first, 2022.
This “Year 2022” bug was caused by the FIP-FS anti-malware scanning engine using a signed int32 variable to store the worth of a date, which has a maximum value of 2,147,483,647.
However, dates in 2022 had a minimum worth of 2,201,010,001, which is higher than the optimum value saved in the signed int32 variable, causing the scanning engine to stop working and not release mail for shipment.
9.Finnish govt company alerts of uncommon aircraft GPS interference
Finland’s Transportation and Communications Firm warned of an unusual spike in GPS disturbance near the country’s eastern border. The origin of the disturbance was not understood, however many reports specified that the disturbance began during the previous weekend.
This interference led to NOTAMs (notifications to airmen) raising pilot awareness and assisting them take extra steps to keep flights safe.
8.Papa removes town’s internet by error to get his kids offline
A French dad dealt with jail time and a substantial fine for using a signal jammer to prevent his kids from going online at night.
Regrettably, this signal jammer also took down his town’s Internet inadvertently.
7.Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice
The U.S. Department of Justice took the numerous sites for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository, preventing simple access to the stored books.
Upgraded Z-Library’s Seizure Notification shown on 3lib. net
Source: BleepingComputer
Practically 2 weeks later on, the DOJ revealed the arrest of two Russian nationals in Argentina on November 3rd for running the Z-Library e-Book website.
“The offenders are declared to have actually operated a site for over a decade whose central function was offering stolen copyright, in violation of copyright laws,” stated FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Driscoll.
6.Microsoft launches emergency situation fixes for Windows Server, VPN bugs
Microsoft launched emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to deal with many critical issues in Windows and Windows servers that were introduced in the January 2022 Spot Tuesday.
These issues include VPN connectivity, Windows Server Domain Controllers rebooting, Virtual Devices begin failures, and ReFS-formatted removable media stopping working to mount.
5.Windows Kerberos authentication breaks after November updates
Microsoft cautioned that Windows Kerberos authentication was broken for numerous domain controllers after installing the November 2022 Patch Tuesday updates.
This concern impacted Windows Servers functioning as Domain Controllers after the installation of the update.
Sadly, this bug impacted almost all actively supported Windows and Windows Servers releases.
4.New Windows KB5009543, KB5009566 updates break L2TP VPN connections
Microsoft’s January 2022 Spot Tuesday updates broke LL2TP VPN connections for many users utilizing Windows’ built-in VPN client.
Other Windows users reported that the bug likewise affected connections to SonicWall, Cisco Meraki, and WatchGuard Firewalls, with the latter’s customer likewise affected by the bug.
3.Russia faces IT crisis with simply 2 months of information storage left
Russian media reported that the country was dealing with an important IT storage crisis after Western cloud companies took out of the nation due to sanctions.
These sanctions left Russia with only 2 more months of data storage for mobile providers, online home entertainment providers, and streaming services.
Russia was checking out different options to fix this IT storage issue, varying from renting all available domestic data storage to seizing IT resources left by services that pulled out of the nation.
2.New Windows Server updates cause DC boot loops, break Hyper-V
This story has to do with the January 2022 updates breaking a wide range of business functions and causing considerable problems, consisting of Hyper-V not beginning, domain controllers spontaneously rebooting, and unattainable ReFS volumes.
Microsoft solved these issues by launching emergency situation out-of-band (OOB) updates later on in the month.
1.Microsoft is evaluating ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer
Lastly, Microsoft started using the Windows 11 File Explorer app in Expert constructs to promote other services, such as OneDrive and Microsoft Editor.
While the majority of these “ads” are innocuous and for other Windows/Microsoft features or services, many are annoyed that they are being shown without a method to disable them.
Windows Senior Product Manager Brandon LeBlanc told BleepingComputer that “this was a speculative banner that was not meant to be published externally and was turned off.”