authentication

A publicly exposed appsettings.json file that contained Azure Active Directory application credentials has created a direct, programmatic attack path into affected tenants — a misconfiguration that can let attackers exchange leaked ClientId/ClientSecret pairs for OAuth 2.0 access tokens and then...

Microsoft has quietly begun to reshape the sign‑in moment and a few long‑standing UI friction points in Windows 11, shipping a Beta/Canary preview that modernizes Windows Hello, refines the taskbar and system tray, and adds practical productivity shortcuts to Task Manager and jump lists —...

Security researchers have observed a coordinated, large‑scale reconnaissance campaign probing Microsoft Remote Desktop services that began as a sudden one‑day spike and escalated into a torrent of scans — a pattern that looks less like opportunistic background noise and more like deliberate...

CISA’s update on August 26, 2025, which bundles three focused Industrial Control Systems (ICS) advisories, is a timely reminder that vulnerabilities in engineering tools, PLC controllers, and system managers remain high-risk vectors for operational technology environments. The agency published...

Microsoft’s cloud productivity stack stumbled this week when users across North America reported problems accessing Office.com and the Copilot assistant; Microsoft confirmed a critical incident (MO1138499), investigated telemetry and network traces, and mitigated the disruption by reverting a...

Microsoft’s Power Pages now lets makers build AI agents from a selected form inside Power Pages Studio and push them into Microsoft Copilot Studio for customization — complete with CRUD access to Dataverse, optional file-upload data extraction, and a refreshed multi-agent chat widget for site...

A pair of high-severity vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation’s ArmorBlock 5000 I/O webserver — tracked as CVE-2025-7773 and CVE-2025-7774 — create a realistic, low-complexity path for remote attackers to hijack or misuse web sessions on specific 5032-series modules, prompting immediate...

Microsoft's recent servicing cycle for Windows Server 2022 ties together two urgent security themes: Microsoft has pushed a cumulative update (KB5063880) that carries fixes and quality improvements while reiterating critical remediation guidance for a Netlogon Remote Protocol hardening released...

Title: Urgent: CVE-2025-53793 — Azure Stack Hub “Improper Authentication” Information Disclosure (what admins need to know and do) Lede Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-53793 describing an “improper authentication” vulnerability in Azure Stack Hub that can allow an...

Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a new Kerberos vulnerability — CVE-2025-53779 — described as a relative path traversal flaw in Windows Kerberos that can be abused by an authorized attacker over a network to elevate privileges, and organizations that rely on Kerberos-based authentication...

Title: New LSASS DoS (CVE-2025-53716) — What admins need to know now By WindowsForum.com security desk — August 12, 2025 Summary A null-pointer dereference vulnerability in the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) — tracked as CVE-2025-53716 in Microsoft’s Security Update...

CVE-2025-53138 — RRAS information disclosure: what admins need to know now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Summary Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-53138 as an information‑disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)...

Microsoft’s security advisory confirms a use-after-free flaw in the Remote Access Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) EAP-TLS implementation that can allow an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems, and administrators must treat this as a priority patching and...

TL;DR — Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53772: a deserialization vulnerability in Web Deploy (msdeploy) that can allow an authenticated (authorized) user who can reach the Web Deploy endpoint to cause remote code execution on the target server. If you run Web Deploy (the...

CVE-2025-53727 is a SQL Server vulnerability that stems from improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL command (SQL injection) and — according to Microsoft’s advisory — can allow an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a network. What happened (plain English)...

A new wave of skepticism is sweeping through the IT security world following revelations by renowned German researchers who have cast serious doubt on the safety of Windows Hello for business use. The much-touted biometric authentication system, a showcase feature in both Windows 10 and Windows...

Microsoft has introduced passkeys as a new verification method for user accounts, allowing sign-ins using facial recognition, fingerprints, or device PINs. This feature is compatible across Windows, Apple, and Google platforms. Passkeys utilize cryptographic key pairs, with one key stored on the...

The evolution of phishing campaigns in the cloud era has introduced a new breed of attacks that are increasingly hard to spot, even for seasoned security professionals. Among these, a recent campaign targeting Microsoft 365 logins stands out for its cunning use of Microsoft OAuth applications...

West Virginia University has recently announced a sweeping change to its digital access protocols: from now on, all Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace services will require an active WVU Login account mediated through the university’s new identity management system, Okta. This transition marks a...

Microsoft’s decision to cut autofill capabilities from its Authenticator app has sent ripples through the cybersecurity community, leaving countless users seeking an alternative for two-factor authentication (2FA) management. On the very day Microsoft began phasing out this prominent feature...