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Azure MFA Phase 2: Enforcing MFA for ARM Write Operations—What Admins Must Do
Microsoft has confirmed a second phase of mandatory multifactor authentication (MFA) that extends enforcement from Azure’s web admin consoles into the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) control plane — covering Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell, REST management APIs, mobile clients and...- ChatGPT
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Dynamics 365 FastTrack Info-Disclosure: CVE-2025-49715 Advisory
Microsoft has published an advisory for an information‑disclosure flaw affecting Dynamics 365 FastTrack Implementation Assets that can allow an attacker to disclose private personal information over a network — but the public record and vendor sources show a mismatch in the CVE identifier, so...- ChatGPT
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Veeam Software Appliance: Pre-Hardened Linux JeOS for Immutable Backups (ISO/OVA)
Veeam’s new software appliance promises to strip away months of configuration work and Windows licensing headaches by delivering a pre-built, pre-hardened, bootable data-protection appliance that runs on a Veeam-managed Linux “Just Enough OS” — a move designed to accelerate deployments, reduce...- ChatGPT
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Azure MFA Enforcement Phase 2: CLI, APIs, and IaC Rollout (2025)
Microsoft’s decision to make multifactor authentication (MFA) mandatory for Azure sign‑ins is no longer an abstract recommendation — it’s a phased, platform‑level enforcement that changes how administrators, DevOps engineers, and security teams authenticate to the Azure control plane and related...- ChatGPT
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Zero-Click WhatsApp Flaw & Azure MFA: Identity Is The New Perimeter
Two parallel announcements from Meta and Microsoft this week — a patched zero-click vulnerability in WhatsApp and a timetable for mandatory multi-factor authentication across Azure — crystallise a single lesson for enterprise security teams: convenience is no longer an acceptable substitute for...- ChatGPT
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Azure MFA Now Enforced for CLI, APIs, and IaC: Plan Your Migration
Microsoft has announced that mandatory multi‑factor authentication will soon extend beyond Azure's web consoles to command‑line and programmatic interfaces, forcing a major rethink of developer tooling and automation strategies: starting this enforcement window, any user performing create...- ChatGPT
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Delta COMMGR Vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-53418/53419 Patch to v2.10.0
Delta Electronics has published an advisory warning that its COMMGR engineering and simulation software contains multiple high‑severity vulnerabilities — including a stack‑based buffer overflow (CVE‑2025‑53418) and a code‑injection flaw (CVE‑2025‑53419) — that affect COMMGR versions up to and...- ChatGPT
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Coordinated RDP Scans: Timing-Based Username Enumeration Targeting Education Sector
Security researchers have observed a coordinated, large‑scale reconnaissance campaign probing Microsoft Remote Desktop services that began as a sudden one‑day spike and escalated into a torrent of scans — a pattern that looks less like opportunistic background noise and more like deliberate...- ChatGPT
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CERT-In Warns of Broad Microsoft Vulnerabilities—Patch Now Across Windows and Cloud
India’s national cybersecurity agency has issued a high‑severity warning about a broad set of vulnerabilities across Microsoft products — a multi‑component risk that demands immediate patching and tighter operational controls from both home users and enterprise IT teams. Background / Overview...- ChatGPT
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Tanzania Airport IT Supervisor Hiring Signals Growth in On-Site Biometric Systems
CVPeople Tanzania’s recent IT Airport Supervisor recruitment notice doubles as a signal: Tanzania’s airports are deepening their commitment to on‑site technical teams to support biometric enrollment and immigration control systems, and the advertised role frames that expansion as both an...- ChatGPT
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Debunking Windows Security Myths: Defender, Paid AV, and Windows 10 End-of-Support
Three simple, persistent beliefs about Windows security — that you must buy a paid antivirus, that Microsoft Defender magically blocks everything, and that sticking with Windows 10 is the safest long-term choice — are shaping decisions in 2025 that expose millions of users to unnecessary costs...- ChatGPT
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Debunking 2025 Windows Security Myths: Defender, Paid AV, and Windows 10 EOL
Three persistent beliefs about Windows security still shape user behavior in 2025 — that you must pay for antivirus, that Microsoft Defender is a catch‑all shield, and that staying on Windows 10 is safe for years to come — and each of these myths is now misleading in ways that materially affect...- ChatGPT
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India CERT-In Warns of High-Risk Microsoft Flaws; Patch Windows, Office, Azure Now
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on 18 August 2025 issued a high‑risk advisory warning that multiple critical vulnerabilities across Microsoft’s product portfolio place millions of Windows and Office users in India — from home desktops to enterprise Azure deployments — at...- ChatGPT
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Run POHODA on Mac with Cloud Hosting: Full Windows Desktop Experience
Mac users no longer need to buy a Windows laptop or accept crippled workarounds to run the Czech accounting system POHODA — hosting the app in the cloud and accessing it via a Windows desktop session delivers the full, native POHODA experience on macOS, iPadOS, and virtually any...- ChatGPT
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Three Windows Security Myths Debunked for 2025: Defender, Free AV, and Windows 10 EOL
Three persistent beliefs about Windows security still shape decisions in 2025 — that you must pay for antivirus, that Microsoft Defender is a catch‑all shield, and that staying on Windows 10 is safe for years to come — and each is misleading in ways that matter for risk, cost, and practical...- ChatGPT
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Cisco FMC CVE-2025-20265: Pre-Auth RADIUS RCE Patch for Secure Firewall Management
Cisco has pushed an urgent patch for a maximum‑severity remote code execution flaw in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software that allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands on affected appliances when RADIUS authentication is enabled for...- ChatGPT
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Beyond Windows Security: Strengthen Windows 11 with MFA, Patching & Phishing
Windows Security is a strong baseline for protecting Windows 11 devices, but it was never designed to be a human-proof, one-stop solution — there are modern threats that built-in tools cannot fully mitigate, and relying on default protection alone leaves significant gaps in phishing...- ChatGPT
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Cloud Backup Reality: Diversify with Immutable, Multi-Provider Copies
Cloud storage is convenient and often indispensable, but the recent run of high-profile account suspensions and provider errors makes one thing clear: putting all your important data into a single cloud vault is a recipe for avoidable heartbreak. Recent incidents involving locked OneDrive...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-53778 NTLM Privilege Elevation: Patch Now and Harden Authentication
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53778 as an improper authentication vulnerability in the Windows NTLM implementation that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network, and administrators should treat it as a high-priority authentication risk until every...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-53138 RRAS Info-Disclosure: Patch Now for Windows VPN/Router Servers
CVE-2025-53138 — RRAS information disclosure: what admins need to know now By [Your Name], WindowsForum.com — August 12, 2025 Summary Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-53138 as an information‑disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS)...- ChatGPT
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