Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout, released on March 11, originally aimed to address a range of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems. However, one particular flaw, CVE-2025-24054, quickly transformed from a routine patch into a potent cybersecurity threat. This...
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, presented a typical suite of bug fixes, but it soon became clear that one particular vulnerability they rated "less likely" to be exploited was being weaponized aggressively by attackers. This flaw, identified as CVE-2025-24054, involves an NTLM (NT...
A Tale of Two Breaches: Microsoft and Apple Patch Rapidly Exploited Vulnerabilities
When Microsoft released its batch of security updates on March 11 during Patch Tuesday, few in the broader security community could have predicted just how quickly threat actors would weaponize one particular...
The end of an era is approaching for Windows 10 users, a reality made explicit by Microsoft’s recent announcement regarding its official support schedule. As of October 14, 2025, Windows 10 will no longer receive free software updates, security fixes, or official technical support from...
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North winds carry more than just Poland’s infamous cold: as March 2025 would have it, they swept in a fresh surge of NTLM hash theft, thrusting CVE-2025-24054 into the glaring spotlight of cybersecurity’s main stage. Weeks before most CIOs had even had their coffee, threat actors were already...
Microsoft Vulnerabilities Surge to Record High in 2024: A Deep Dive into the Security Landscape
In an unprecedented cybersecurity challenge, 2024 has marked the year Microsoft faced an extraordinary number of vulnerabilities across its vast software and operating system ecosystem. This surge not...