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Microsoft has fixed CVE-2026-56169, a high-severity Windows Admin Center vulnerability that can let an authenticated attacker elevate privileges across a network. Administrators running any affected release earlier than Windows Admin Center 2.7.4 should treat the gateway itself as the patch...

CVE-2026-55006 is a high-severity privilege-escalation vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server that can let an authenticated, low-privileged attacker take full control of a vulnerable server. Microsoft released fixes on July 14, 2026, covering Exchange Server 2016 CU23, Exchange Server 2019...

Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday release addresses roughly 570 security vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft products, including two zero-days already exploited in attacks and a publicly disclosed BitLocker bypass. Windows 11 users should prioritize KB5101650 or KB5099414, while...

Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2 now let users keep updates paused indefinitely by repeatedly extending a rolling 35-day window, removing the old requirement to install pending updates before another pause. The calendar-based control arrives with Microsoft’s July 2026 security update, although...

Microsoft published CVE-2026-47300 on July 14, identifying an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in ASP.NET Core, but the initial Security Update Guide entry exposes little actionable technical detail beyond the product and impact category. Administrators should treat the advisory as a prompt...

Verdict: deploy the June 2026 Windows security updates to managed devices that do not depend on third-party applications launching or controlling Microsoft Office through OLE automation, while holding or mitigating only the identified workflow-dependent cohorts until Microsoft ships its...

Microsoft’s July 10, 2026 Secure Future Initiative progress report says the company has pushed phishing-resistant multifactor authentication to 99.97% of user/device pairs, removed public exposure from more than 732,000 resources, expanded AI-led vulnerability discovery, and set a 2029...

IT administrators should keep staged Windows testing but shorten the delay between validation and deployment by assigning endpoints to risk-based rings, using Microsoft’s threat signals to accelerate exposed systems, and reserving slower release paths for devices whose operational consequences...

EPC Group announced on May 27, 2026, from Houston that it has launched a “Governed AI on Microsoft Framework,” a seven-layer consulting methodology tying Microsoft Purview, Fabric, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Copilot, and Defender into one operating model for enterprise AI governance. The...

Microsoft corporate vice president Vasu Jakkal said on June 30, 2026, that she is leaving her Microsoft Security leadership role after roughly six years helping build the company’s security, compliance, identity, management, and privacy business. Her exit lands at an awkwardly symbolic moment...

Mphasis announced on June 29, 2026, that it has joined the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association, aligning its managed security, cyber fusion, consulting, and advisory services more tightly with Microsoft’s security platform for enterprise customers. The move is not a product launch in the...

Microsoft 365 Business Premium is Microsoft’s SMB bundle for organizations of up to 300 users, combining Office apps, Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive, Intune device management, Microsoft Defender security, and identity controls in a per-user subscription sold through Microsoft and partners. It...

Microsoft’s artificial intelligence pitch in June 2026 is no longer just a story about owning the best seat next to OpenAI; it is a broader attempt to make Azure, Copilot, GitHub, Microsoft 365, security, custom models, and agents into one enterprise AI operating layer. That distinction matters...

Cato Networks expanded the technology ecosystem around its Cato SASE Cloud platform in June 2026, adding integrations with Microsoft security and identity services, AI platforms, developer tools, cloud environments, and operations systems for enterprise customers. The move is not merely another...

Microsoft is preparing new Kerberos capabilities for upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds, adding IAKerb and LocalKDC so Windows can authenticate in scenarios that have historically fallen back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account connections...

BeyondTrust’s 13th annual Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report, released April 21, 2026, says Microsoft disclosed 1,273 vulnerabilities across its software ecosystem in 2025, down 6 percent from 2024, while critical flaws doubled from 78 to 157 across Windows, Office, Azure, Dynamics 365, Edge, and...

Microsoft is pitching an integrated “agentic enterprise” platform that ties GitHub, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft IQ, Agent 365, Entra, Purview, Defender, Fabric, Teams, and Microsoft 365 into a governed system for building, running, securing, and improving AI agents across business operations...

On May 15, 2015, Microsoft clarified that PCs running non-genuine Windows would not receive the standard free Windows 10 upgrade, but said it and OEM partners planned “very attractive” offers to help those users move to legitimate Windows 10 installations. That was not amnesty, and it was not...

Microsoft on April 30, 2026, announced new Microsoft Security capabilities spanning Agent 365, Microsoft Defender, GitHub Advanced Security, and Microsoft Purview, with previews for AI-agent threat protection and a generally available Defender for Cloud integration with GitHub. The news is less...

The short answer is that “remote code execution” in Microsoft’s naming does not always mean the attacker must literally trigger the bug over the network. It means the vulnerability can let an attacker execute code on a remote victim system rather than only affecting the attacker’s own machine...