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    ScreenConnect Abuse: Threat Actors Use RMM as Initial Access Vector

    Since March 2025, threat actors have increasingly weaponized ConnectWise ScreenConnect installers — using trojanized, stripped-down ClickOnce runners and other delivery tricks to convert a trusted remote administration tool into a stealthy initial-access vector that drops multiple RATs and...
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    KMSpico and KMS Activators: Legal, Security, and Reliability Risks

    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...
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    Windows August 2025 Updates: UAC Prompts, MSI 1730, CVE-2025-50173 Mitigations

    Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...
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    Windows 10 EOL 2025: Migration to Windows 11 vs ESU Cost & Strategy

    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...
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    Windows 10 EOL 2025: Move to Windows 11 for Security and AI

    With the clock ticking toward Windows 10’s end of support on October 14, 2025, organisations that still treat migration as a planning exercise run a growing risk of being forced into costly, disruptive decisions at the worst possible moment; moving now from planning to implementation secures...
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    Guernsey Replaces Non-Windows 11 Laptops in Major IT Modernisation

    The States of Guernsey has told staff that anyone who needs a laptop for their job will be issued a new machine if their existing device cannot run Windows 11, part of a wider, government‑wide upgrade to modernise endpoints and retire legacy systems — a move that coincides with the States’...
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    CISA Adds Three Exploited CVEs to KEV Catalog: IE, Excel, WinRAR (2025)

    CISA’s latest update places three long‑standing and newly discovered flaws squarely in the crosshairs of enterprise defenders, adding CVE‑2013‑3893 (Internet Explorer), CVE‑2007‑0671 (Microsoft Excel), and CVE‑2025‑8088 (WinRAR) to the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on...
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    CVE-2025-53783: Heap Overflow in Teams Enables Remote Code Execution

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53783 as a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams that “allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network,” but the advisory page requires JavaScript and cannot be fully scraped by some automated tools; independent indexing of...
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    CVE-2025-50155: Local Privilege Escalation in Windows Push Notifications (Type Confusion)

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has cataloged CVE-2025-50155 as an Elevation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’).” The issue allows an authorized local attacker —...
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    CVE-2025-53739: Excel Type-Confusion RCE — Mitigation and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory listing CVE-2025-53739 — an Excel vulnerability described as “Access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’)” that can lead to code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is processed by the desktop client. Background /...
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    CVE-2025-53734: Visio Use-After-Free RCE - Patch Now to Prevent Exploitation

    Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Office Visio — tracked as CVE‑2025‑53734 — that can be triggered when a user opens a specially crafted Visio file and may allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the current user; Microsoft’s advisory entry is live...
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    Excel CVE-2025-53735 Use-After-Free: Patch Now to Block Local Code Execution

    Microsoft has confirmed a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel (tracked as CVE‑2025‑53735) that can lead to local code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is opened — a serious document‑based attack vector that demands immediate attention from IT teams and security‑minded users...
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    CVE-2025-53724: Type Confusion in Windows Push Notifications Causes Local Privilege Escalation

    Microsoft’s security advisory identifies CVE-2025-53724 as an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component that stems from an access of resource using incompatible type (type confusion); when triggered by a locally authorized user, the bug can be abused...
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    AFD.sys Null Pointer Dereference: Local EoP to SYSTEM - Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Response Guide flags a null-pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that, when reached by a local, authorized user, can be weaponized into an elevation‑of‑privilege to SYSTEM — a high‑impact kernel vulnerability that demands...
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    CVE-2025-53131: Windows Media Heap Overflow RCE — Patch Now

    Title: CVE-2025-53131 — What Windows admins need to know about the new Windows Media RCE (heap-based buffer overflow) Summary (TL;DR) CVE-2025-53131 is a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media components that can allow remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code over a...
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    CVE-2025-50172 DirectX Kernel DoS: Unbounded Resource Allocation

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50172: a vulnerability in the DirectX Graphics Kernel that permits authorized attackers to cause a denial‑of‑service (DoS) by allocating graphics resources without limits or throttling, potentially disrupting hosts and virtualized workloads that...
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    CVE-2025-50173: Windows Installer Local EoP — What Admins Must Do Now

    Title: CVE‑2025‑50173 — Windows Installer “Weak Authentication” Elevation‑of‑Privilege: What admins need to know and do now Summary Microsoft lists CVE‑2025‑50173 as an elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in Windows Installer. The vendor description summarizes the issue as “weak authentication...
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    CVE-2025-50161: High-Priority Win32K GRFX Privilege-Escalation Patch Guide

    Microsoft's Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-50161 as a heap-based buffer overflow in the Win32K GRFX subsystem that allows an authorized local attacker to elevate privileges, and administrators should treat this as a high-priority patching item for all affected Windows hosts. Background...
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    CVE-2025-50159: Local Privilege Elevation in Windows PPP EAP-TLS

    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...
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    Windows File Explorer Spoofing CVE: Patch, Mitigations, and Detection

    Microsoft's security update for a Windows File Explorer flaw underscores a long-standing risk vector: trusted UI components that implicitly parse untrusted content. In March 2025 Microsoft disclosed and patched a Windows File Explorer spoofing vulnerability that could cause Explorer to...
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