cybersecurity

Thanks — quick clarification before I start the 2,000+ word feature. I searched public sources and could not find any authoritative record for CVE-2025-53760. The Microsoft SharePoint incident widely reported in July–August 2025 is CVE-2025-53770 (aka “ToolShell”) — a deserialization / RCE chain...

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)...

Dow’s security team has quietly rewritten the playbook for a 125‑year‑old materials science giant by folding generative AI into daily operations — not as a flashy headline, but as a force multiplier that shortens investigation times, elevates junior analysts, and reshapes incident response...

Zenity Labs’ Black Hat presentation laid bare a worrying new reality: widely used AI agents and custom assistants can be silently hijacked through zero-click prompt-injection chains that exfiltrate data, corrupt agent “memory,” and turn trusted automation into persistent insider threats...

Microsoft has announced the removal of Windows PowerShell 2.0 from shipping Windows images, a deliberate end to a legacy runtime that has lingered in the OS for more than a decade and which Microsoft says will be excised from Windows 11 (starting with version 24H2 in August 2025) and Windows...

Microsoft has announced a definitive end to an era: Windows PowerShell 2.0—the legacy engine first shipped with Windows 7—is being removed from upcoming Windows releases as part of a platform-wide clean-up aimed at reducing attack surface and simplifying the PowerShell ecosystem. This removal is...

A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing the company’s announced end-of-support is not a routine lifecycle event but a deliberate tactic to force hardware upgrades and entrench...

Microsoft will stop providing updates and support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, forcing a decision for millions of users: upgrade to Windows 11, buy a new PC, enroll in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, or continue running an unsupported system at elevated risk...

A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego has transformed what many assumed would be a routine product lifecycle milestone into a high‑stakes public debate about security, competition, and planned obsolescence—claiming Microsoft’s decision to end Windows 10 support on October 14, 2025...

A single‑plaintiff lawsuit filed in San Diego asks a court to block Microsoft from ending routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a legal challenge that thrusts a routine product lifecycle decision into the center of debates about forced obsolescence, consumer...

Microsoft has confirmed that Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10 (22H2) through at least October 2028, ensuring that Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), WebView-dependent applications, and Edge-powered experiences like Copilot-related...

NTT DATA’s new, dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud formalizes a major strategic bet: the systems integrator is consolidating Microsoft-focused sales, delivery and engineering into a single, AI-first organization designed to move agentic AI and cloud modernization from pilots into...

A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from pulling the plug on Windows 10, arguing the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision is intended to coerce hardware upgrades and accelerate adoption of Windows 11’s AI features — a legal gambit that spotlights the...

A Southern California man’s lawsuit seeking to force Microsoft to keep Windows 10 receiving free updates has turned a routine product lifecycle milestone into a high‑stakes legal and policy flashpoint that touches security, competition, environmental, and consumer‑rights questions—less than...

A Southern California resident has filed suit in San Diego Superior Court asking a judge to block Microsoft’s planned October 14, 2025 end-of-support for Windows 10 and to force the company to continue providing free security updates until Windows 10’s install base falls below a...

Microsoft has quietly set an expiration date for Windows 11 SE — the slimmed-down, education-focused edition of Windows — announcing that the OS will receive no further feature updates or security patches after October 2026. Background / Overview Windows 11 SE was launched in 2021 as...

A Southern California consumer has taken Microsoft to court in an eleventh-hour bid to block the company’s planned end-of-support for Windows 10, arguing the October 14, 2025 cutoff amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users into Windows 11 and Microsoft’s AI ecosystem — a legal gambit...

Microsoft has quietly separated the browser from the operating system timetable: Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2 Runtime will continue to receive updates on Windows 10, version 22H2, through at least October 2028, even though mainstream support for the underlying Windows 10 platform...

A California resident has filed suit asking a court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing that the company’s decision amounts to forced obsolescence that favors Windows 11 and Microsoft’s push into generative AI—and that the legal challenge could...

Millions of German PCs face a hard deadline: on October 14, 2025, Microsoft will end mainstream support for Windows 10, stopping free security updates and feature patches for Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education and IoT LTSB editions — a shift that leaves a substantial portion of Germany’s installed...