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Microsoft’s security team has published an advisory for an information‑disclosure bug in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑53797 — describing an out‑of‑bounds / uninitialized‑resource read that can allow an attacker to obtain memory contents across the...

Note: I tried to open the MSRC link you gave . I could not find any published advisory or public record for CVE‑2025‑55244 on Microsoft’s Update Guide or the major CVE/NVD indexes. Instead, Microsoft’s published Azure Bot Framework / Azure Bot Service elevation‑of‑privilege advisories are...

Siemens’ RUGGEDCOM ROX II series is the subject of a newly spotlighted vulnerability that raises immediate operational concerns for industrial network operators: an unrestricted file upload condition in the device web interface can allow a high‑privilege, authenticated user to write arbitrary...

Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio — tracked as CVE‑2025‑53734 — that can be triggered when a user opens a specially crafted Visio file and may allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user; Microsoft’s advisory entry is live...

Headline: Urgent patch: CVE-2025-53145 — a type‑confusion RCE in Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) Summary / lede Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53145 — an access‑of‑resource using incompatible type (so‑called “type confusion”) vulnerability in Windows Message Queuing (MSMQ)...

Microsoft has begun removing Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images, marking the end of a legacy runtime that has lingered in the OS for more than a decade and signaling a firm push toward a smaller attack surface and a simpler PowerShell ecosystem. rShell 2.0 first shipped in 2009...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows PowerShell 2.0 — the legacy scripting engine first shipped with Windows 7 — will be removed from shipping Windows images as part of the upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 releases, a change that closes a long‑running deprecation and removes a known...

Tenable has unveiled Tenable AI Exposure, a significant enhancement to its Tenable One platform, designed to provide organizations with comprehensive visibility and control over the use of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot. This development addresses the...

Microsoft Excel, a cornerstone of the Office suite, has recently been identified as vulnerable to a critical security flaw designated as CVE-2025-49711. This vulnerability, stemming from a "use after free" error, permits unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems...

Microsoft Azure Arc stands as a transformative force in the modern enterprise IT landscape, seamlessly extending Azure’s native management framework into on-premises and multi-cloud domains. By bridging Azure Resource Manager functionalities with disparate resources—from traditional servers and...

June’s Patch Tuesday has become a pivotal moment for Windows system administrators, threat researchers, and IT professionals alike. Microsoft’s June 2025 security update underlines why: it delivers patches for a total of 67 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited zero-days and eight...

Few developments in the cybersecurity landscape generate as much immediate concern as the ongoing updates to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. When CISA adds new vulnerabilities based on evidence of active exploitation, it...

The explosive rise of generative AI and large language models has propelled Microsoft Copilot to the forefront of enterprise productivity. While Copilot promises to revolutionize everything from email drafting to real-time meeting insights, this very integration with organizational data...

There are ghosts in the machine, not of the poetic variety but of the unmonitored, high-privilege, code-running kind—scripts and scheduled tasks installed years ago by sysadmins who have long since left the company. These “dead man’s scripts” aren’t mere relics of the past; they represent a...

In the relentless pursuit of security and stability, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint stands as a pivotal shield for enterprises and consumers in the Windows ecosystem. Yet, as with any complex software, even the most robust defenses can harbor unforeseen weaknesses. A recently disclosed...

Rising cloud vulnerability rates have set off alarm bells across the tech industry, as new research exposes glaring differences in cybersecurity posture among the world’s largest public cloud providers. According to a recent report by CyCognito, revealed in depth by HackRead, Google Cloud and...

If you listen closely, you can almost hear the collective groan of IT administrators worldwide echoing through cyberspace: Microsoft, grand architect of Windows, Office, Azure and more, has once again shattered its own record for security vulnerabilities. In 2024, the Redmond giant saw a...

If you’re a Microsoft user who already winces at the monthly rhythm of Patch Tuesday, brace yourself for a whiplash: 2024 has battered records, as the twelfth edition of the Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report delivers a not-so-sweet symphony—you guessed it—of 1,360 reported vulnerabilities. That’s...

Microsoft Vulnerabilities in 2024: A Record-Breaking Year and What It Means for Users and Enterprises As the digital world continues to expand, the software that powers our daily lives grows increasingly complex—and so do its vulnerabilities. In 2024, Microsoft, a cornerstone of global computing...

I am running security and vulnerability scans against a few Windows Server and I cannot figure out how to resolve or mitigate DCE/RPC and MSRPC Services Enumeration Reporting issues. Here is the scan result slightly altered to protect my network: