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  1. HTTP.sys DoS Risk and Mitigations (CVE-2025-53805)

    Microsoft’s advisory for a newly referenced HTTP.sys vulnerability describes an out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows HTTP protocol stack that can be triggered remotely against Internet Information Services (IIS) and other HTTP.sys consumers, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a...
  2. CVE-2025-55243 Spoofing in Microsoft OfficePlus: Quick Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-55243 as a spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft OfficePlus that can lead to the exposure of sensitive information and enable an attacker to perform spoofing over a network, but key public mirrors and automated scrapers offer limited or inconsistent...
  3. CVE-2025-55228: Windows GRFX Race Condition and Patch Guidance

    Microsoft’s security portal lists CVE-2025-55228 as a Windows Graphics Component issue in the Win32K — GRFX code path that can be abused by an authenticated local actor through a concurrency/race condition; the flaw is described as allowing execution of attacker-supplied code in kernel context...
  4. CVE-2025-54919 Windows Win32K Race Condition: Patch Now and Harden Defenses

    Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2025-54919 describes a race‑condition flaw in the Windows Win32K graphics subsystem (GRFX) that can be abused by an authenticated local user to execute code in a privileged context; defenders should treat affected hosts as high priority for immediate...
  5. Decoding MSRC Advisories: Read, Assess, and Mitigate Microsoft Vulnerabilities

    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...
  6. CVE-2025-54110: Urgent Windows Kernel Patch & Mitigations

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54110, a Windows Kernel vulnerability caused by an integer overflow or wraparound that can be triggered by a locally authorized attacker to achieve elevation of privilege to SYSTEM on affected machines; administrators should treat this as a...
  7. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud on Windows Servers

    ESET researchers have uncovered a compact but sophisticated campaign — tracked as GhostRedirector — that has secretly turned at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows servers into a stealthy SEO‑fraud network while simultaneously installing a resilient native backdoor for long‑term access...
  8. GhostRedirector: IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud with Rungan & Gamshen

    A compact but sophisticated campaign tracked as GhostRedirector has infected at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows IIS servers and paired a stealthy native backdoor with an in‑process IIS module to run a covert, profitable SEO fraud operation that pushes third‑party gambling sites while leaving...
  9. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS Backdoor and SEO Fraud Targeting Windows Servers

    ESET’s researchers have uncovered a previously undocumented threat cluster that covertly poisons legitimate IIS-hosted websites to manipulate Google rankings while also planting a stealthy C++ backdoor on Windows servers — a campaign ESET calls GhostRedirector that, according to an internet-wide...
  10. CVE-2025-54914: Azure Networking Elevation-of-Privilege - Admin Guide

    Breaking Down CVE-2025-54914 — Azure Networking Elevation‑of‑Privilege (what admins need to know) Summary Microsoft has published a Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-54914, an elevation‑of‑privilege issue that Microsoft lists under its Azure Networking surface. Administrators should...
  11. GhostRedirector: A crawler-aware IIS SEO fraud backdoor campaign

    ESET researchers have uncovered a compact but sophisticated campaign — tracked as GhostRedirector — that has compromised at least 65 Internet‑facing Windows servers and combined a native C++ backdoor with a malicious IIS native module to deliver long‑lived persistence and server‑side SEO fraud...
  12. GhostRedirector: Hidden IIS SEO Fraud Backdoor Campaign with Rungan & Gamshen

    ESET Research has uncovered a previously undocumented threat actor it calls GhostRedirector, which in June 2025 was found to have compromised at least 65 Windows servers across multiple countries and deployed two custom tools — a C++ backdoor named Rungan and a native IIS module named Gamshen...
  13. CVE-2025-9696: Critical SunPower PVS6 Bluetooth BLE Flaw (9.4 CVSS)

    The SunPower PVS6 fleet has been publicly flagged as critically vulnerable after CISA published an advisory (ICSA-25-245-03) describing a Bluetooth Low Energy (BluetoothLE) servicing interface that embeds hard‑coded encryption parameters and exposed protocol details—weaknesses that let an...
  14. Copilot Audit-Log Gap: Microsoft Patch Spurs Cloud Transparency Debate

    Microsoft’s recent quiet fix to an M365 Copilot logging gap has opened a new debate over cloud transparency, audit integrity, and how enterprise defenders should respond when a vendor patches a service-side flaw without issuing a public advisory. Security researchers say a trivial prompt...
  15. ArmorBlock 5000 Webserver Flaws: Patch CVE-2025-7773/7774 Now

    A pair of high-severity vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation’s ArmorBlock 5000 I/O webserver — tracked as CVE-2025-7773 and CVE-2025-7774 — create a realistic, low-complexity path for remote attackers to hijack or misuse web sessions on specific 5032-series modules, prompting immediate...
  16. Event ID 57 CertEnroll: Cosmetic Pluton Logging, No Certificate Impact

    Microsoft’s latest advisory to “ignore” a worrying Event Viewer error is the most recent entry in a string of update-era hiccups that have left administrators juggling noisy logs, SIEM rules, and the trust deficit that follows vendor-issued cosmetic triage. Microsoft says the...
  17. SharePoint 2025 Vulnerabilities: Deserialization to RCE & Patch Guidance

    The identifier CVE-2025-49712 does not appear in any public, authoritative advisory or vulnerability database at this time; the single URL you supplied resolves to Microsoft’s update guide infrastructure but returns no accessible content without JavaScript, and independent searches for...
  18. Word CVE-2025-53784 Use-After-Free: Local RCE in Documents

    A newly disclosed memory-corruption flaw in Microsoft Word—tracked as CVE-2025-53784—has been classified as a use-after-free vulnerability that can allow an attacker to execute code locally when a victim opens or previews a specially crafted document. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists this...
  19. CVE-2025-49723: StateRepository API Local Tampering and Patch Guide

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry for the StateRepository API points to a missing authorization check that can be abused by a locally authorized attacker to tamper with files and escalate privileges — but there’s an important CVE-number mismatch in public reporting that every admin must...
  20. WinSock AFD Race Condition: What Sysadmins Must Do Now (CVE-2025-53134)

    Title: What sysadmins need to know about the WinSock AFD race-condition EoP entry you sent (CVE-2025-53134) — situation, risk, and what to do now Executive summary You sent the MSRC URL for CVE-2025-53134 (Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock — race condition / improper synchronization...