firmware updates

This week’s BetaNews roundups deliver the familiar mix Windows users expect: a tightly curated “App of the Week” and a string of small-but-useful Microsoft Store discoveries, balanced against a handful of platform-level changes—most notably developer tooling updates and a Surface Pro 3 UEFI...

Microsoft quietly pulled the standalone Windows 10 security update KB4524244 after users and administrators reported installation failures, system freezes, and broken recovery paths, exposing a rare but serious problem: a security patch designed to protect the UEFI Secure Boot environment can...

Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out replacement Secure Boot certificates to Windows PCs to prevent a calendar-driven failure when long‑running Microsoft UEFI certificates issued in 2011 begin to expire this June; the changes are being delivered through January 2026 cumulative updates...

Microsoft has started an automated, phased replacement of expiring Secure Boot certificates on eligible Windows 11 systems, a preventative move to avoid widespread boot‑level serviceability and security loss when long‑running Microsoft certificates issued circa 2011 begin to expire in mid‑2026...

This week’s BetaNews roundups deliver the familiar mix of small, focused utilities, indie and mobile-to-Windows ports, and a handful of platform-level items that matter to power users and IT professionals alike; the two installments under review curate hits such as Tubecast Pro, Polarr Photo...

Rockwell Automation has confirmed a high‑severity denial‑of‑service vulnerability in the GuardLink EtherNet/IP interface on its 432ES‑IG3 Series A safety module (CVE‑2025‑9368), a flaw that can render the module unresponsive over the network and requires a manual power cycle to restore service —...