cybersecurity

Microsoft’s cybersecurity posture is under renewed fire after U.S. Senator Ron Wyden urged the Federal Trade Commission to open a formal investigation into the company’s default security settings, arguing that Microsoft shipped “dangerous, insecure software” that materially enabled a 2024...

Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has arrived like a ringing bell for an industry that—by several measures—wasn’t ready: large numbers of consumer and corporate endpoints still run Windows 10, many organisations face compatibility and budget constraints, and the safety net...

StatCounter’s August 2025 snapshot produced a deceptively simple headline — Windows 11 slipped below 50% of desktop Windows installations while Windows 10 regained ground — but the data behind that headline, and what it means for users and IT teams as Windows 10 support ends in October, require...

Microsoft ended free security support for Windows 7 years ago, and the practical consequence is the same now as then: continuing to run an unsupported, 11‑year‑old operating system leaves machines more exposed to newly discovered vulnerabilities, and the simple advice to upgrade — to Windows 10...

Louisville’s new push into municipal artificial intelligence is not vague ambition — it’s a pragmatic, budgeted experiment that starts with staffing, short pilots, and a tight measurement plan designed to prove value or stop wasted spending quickly. Background Mayor Craig Greenberg included a...

Microsoft’s decision to stop issuing free security updates for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has forced IT leaders into a binary choice: pay to buy time, or accelerate an estate-wide migration to Windows 11 — and the short-term cost of staying on Windows 10 could be measured in billions for...

There has been a sharp and measurable shift in how Irish mid‑market executives view artificial intelligence: the proportion who described AI as “over‑rated” or mostly hype has collapsed, firms are moving rapidly to formalise generative‑AI rules for staff, yet anxiety about data privacy has never...

Microsoft’s Security Response Center has cataloged CVE-2025-54915 as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’),” and the vendor advises that an authorized local attacker could...

Improper access control in Windows MultiPoint Services (CVE-2025-54116) allows a locally authorized attacker to elevate their privileges on an affected host. Executive summary What it is: CVE-2025-54116 is an elevation-of-privilege (EoP) vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows MultiPoint Services...

CVE-2025-54114 (Cdpsvc) — What you need to know now Author: Senior Security Writer, WindowsForum.com Date: September 9, 2025 TL;DR — There’s confusion about the CVE number you provided. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for the Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) DoS is widely...

Microsoft’s advisory identifies CVE-2025-53803 as a Windows Kernel memory information disclosure vulnerability: an error message generated by kernel code can contain sensitive kernel memory contents, allowing an authenticated local actor to read data that should remain protected. Background The...

Below is a detailed, publish-ready technical brief on the Windows Imaging Component information-disclosure issue you asked about. I’ve also checked the public advisories and noticed a likely mismatch in the CVE number you supplied — see the “Note on the CVE number” section first. Note on the CVE...

Microsoft has published an advisory identifying CVE-2025-55317, a local elevation-of-privilege flaw in Microsoft AutoUpdate (MAU) caused by improper link resolution before file access — commonly described as a link-following or symlink/junction weakness — that can allow an authorized local...

Title: CVE confusion and the real risk — Xbox Gaming Services “link following” elevation-of-privilege explained Lede Short version for busy admins: the Xbox Gaming Services elevation‑of‑privilege flaw widely discussed in 2024/2025 is indexed publicly as CVE-2024-28916 (CWE‑59: Improper link...

CVE-2025-54913 — Windows UI XAML Maps (MapControlSettings) Race-condition elevation-of-privilege: what admins, developers, and defenders need to know Summary What it is: CVE-2025-54913 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows UI XAML Maps component (MapControlSettings). The...

Microsoft's advisory confirms a use‑after‑free flaw in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a specially crafted spreadsheet is opened, creating a potentially serious escalation path on unpatched systems. Overview This vulnerability, tracked as CVE‑2025‑54904, is listed in...

I can write that in-depth, 2,000+ word feature — but I need to pull the full MSRC entry and other sources first (the MSRC page you linked is dynamically loaded and I can’t read the vulnerability details without fetching it). Do you want me to fetch the live MSRC entry and other public sources...

Microsoft’s advisory identifies CVE-2025-54101 as a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows SMBv3 Client that can be triggered over a network and may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected process. This is a serious client‑side remote code execution (RCE)...

Headline: State and county IT shops in California are hiring — but the work, expectations and hiring hurdles are changing fast Lede Three high-profile public-sector IT recruitments announced in early September 2025 — at the California Department of Technology, the Franchise Tax Board and the...

KMSpico is a widely mentioned but legally fraught program: it emulates Microsoft’s Key Management Service (KMS) to make Windows and Office think they are legitimately volume‑activated, and while that promises “free activation” it carries clear legal, security, and operational downsides that make...