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    CVE-2026-21223: Edge Elevation Service VBS Bypass — What Windows Admins Must Know

    Title: CVE-2026-21223 — What Windows admins and power users need to know about the Microsoft Edge Elevation Service VBS bypass Summary A privilege-validation bug in the Microsoft Edge Elevation Service (Chromium-based Edge) has been assigned CVE-2026-21223. The service exposes a privileged COM...
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    Scale Virtualization-based Security (VBS) for Hotpatch Readiness on Windows

    Hotpatch-ready fleets start with one infrastructure choice: enable Virtualization‑based Security (VBS) correctly and at scale — doing so is the single most important step to ensure your Windows devices are eligible for Microsoft’s hotpatch model and to materially reduce reboot-driven downtime...
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    Scaling Virtualization-Based Security for Hotpatching on Windows Arm64 and x64

    Hotpatching’s promise — apply security fixes without forcing reboots — hinges on one non‑negotiable platform capability: Virtualization‑Based Security (VBS). For organizations preparing fleets for hotpatch delivery, enabling VBS at scale is the single most important operational task, and it’s...
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    Windows 10 Creators Update: 3D, Mixed Reality, and Enterprise Platform Upgrades

    Microsoft’s push around the Windows 10 Creators Update was never just about fresh UI flourishes — it was a strategic bet that 3D creativity, deeper Xbox integration, and platform-level mixed-reality hooks could re-accelerate Windows 10 upgrades and lock more users into Microsoft’s device and...
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    Update on Petya malware attacks

    As happened recently with WannaCrypt, we again face a malicious attack in the form of ransomware, Petya. In early reports, there was a lot of conflicting information reported on the attacks, including conflation of unrelated and misleading pieces of data, so Microsoft teams mobilized to...
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