Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have resurfaced in recent reporting as a nexus of operational pain and security risk — a story that blends a high‑volume patch cycle, at least one serious authentication vulnerability, and persistent...
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Hold onto your keyboards, folks. It looks like Microsoft has kicked off 2025 with some big headlines in the cybersecurity world. The latest in the crosshairs? A vulnerability dubbed CVE-2025-21294, linked to Microsoft's implementation of Digest Authentication. For those following along in the...