patch management

  1. Windows 11 August Dip: Windows 10 EoS 2025 & ESU Options Explained

    Windows 11 has just hit an unexpected speed bump: after briefly overtaking Windows 10 in global usage during July, official analytics show Windows 11 slipped in August while Windows 10 regained ground, a reversal that underlines how jagged, fragile, and politically charged operating system...
  2. Windows 11 August 2025 SSD scare debunked: 25H2 ISO delay and steps

    Microsoft Weekly: what happened with the SSD scare, the 25H2 ISO delay, and what you should actually do now Summary (quick) A widely shared set of social-media reports in August 2025 claimed the August cumulative security update for Windows 11 (KB5063878 / 24H2 servicing stream) was causing...
  3. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Clear Paths to Stay Safe

    Microsoft’s decade-long support for Windows 10 ends on October 14, 2025 — and for millions of PCs that can’t run Windows 11, that date forces a clear decision: upgrade, pay for a temporary bridge, switch platforms, or accept increased risk. The good news is that you don’t have to panic — there...
  4. Mozilla Extends Firefox ESR 115 Support to March 2026 for Legacy Windows and macOS

    Mozilla’s decision to keep Firefox 115 ESR alive for older machines is the latest twist in a multi-stage, pragmatic approach to supporting users who remain on end-of-life operating systems — the Extended Support Release for Firefox 115 will now be maintained for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and...
  5. 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...
  6. CVE-2025-53791: What Windows admins should know about Edge feature bypass

    Title: CVE-2025-53791 — What Windows admins need to know about the Microsoft Edge (Chromium) “security feature bypass” (as of September 5, 2025) Summary (short) CVE-2025-53791 is tracked by Microsoft as a “Security Feature Bypass” in Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based). Microsoft’s advisory...
  7. CVE-2025-9865: Chrome 140 Fixes Android UI Toolbar Spoofing

    Google's Chromium team has fixed a medium-severity UI spoofing flaw—tracked as CVE-2025-9865—that existed in the browser's Toolbar implementation and could allow domain spoofing on Android when a user performed specific UI gestures on crafted pages. Background Chromium's September 2025 security...
  8. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Mitigate Forever-Day Risks Now

    October 14, 2025 is not an abstract deadline; it is the moment when hundreds of millions of Windows 10 endpoints will move from “supported” to “unsupported” and, with that change, many organisations will inherit a steadily widening and quietly compounding security liability. The technical facts...
  9. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Upgrades, ESU, and the Open Driver Debate

    With the clock counting down to October 14, 2025, millions of PCs face a stark choice: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a short-term safety net, or keep running an increasingly risky, unsupported Windows 10—while the debate over hardware compatibility, drivers and sustainability suddenly looks...
  10. 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...
  11. CVE-2025-55242: Xbox Info-Disclosure - What Admins Must Do Now

    Title: CVE-2025-55242 — "Xbox Certification Bug / Copilot Django" Information-Disclosure: what admins need to know and do now TL;DR Microsoft has published a Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-55242 describing an information‑disclosure bug that can cause the exposure of sensitive...
  12. Clarifying CVE-2025-55244: Azure Bot Service EoP Advisories (CVE-2025-30389/30392)

    Note: I tried to open the MSRC link you gave (Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center). I could not find any published advisory or public record for CVE‑2025‑55244 on Microsoft’s Update Guide or the major CVE/NVD indexes. Instead, Microsoft’s published Azure Bot Framework /...
  13. CISA Adds 3 Actively Exploited KEV CVEs: Linux Kernel TOCTOU, Android ART, Sitecore RCE

    CISA’s latest update to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog adds three actively exploited flaws — a Linux kernel TOCTOU race condition, an Android Runtime issue, and a high‑impact Sitecore deserialization vulnerability — forcing organizations that track KEV and federal agencies...
  14. Honeywell OneWireless WDM Vulnerabilities: Patch to R322.5 or R331.1 Now

    Honeywell’s OneWireless Wireless Device Manager (WDM) has been the subject of a high-severity coordinated disclosure: multiple vulnerabilities in the Control Data Access (CDA) component allow remote attackers to cause information disclosure, denial-of-service, and, in the worst cases, remote...
  15. KB5063878 UAC/MSI Regression: Mitigations, KIR, and Enterprise Patch Strategy

    Microsoft has confirmed and mitigated a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 security update KB5063878 that caused unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and failed repairs for applications using Windows Installer (MSI), with the Windows Server 2025 release-health...
  16. Windows 10 End of Support 2025: Act Now With Telemetry Insights and Migrations

    More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 with just weeks to go before Microsoft’s scheduled end-of-support date, according to a dataset Kaspersky shared via a Technology For You write-up — a situation that tightens the window for safe, budgeted migrations and forces...
  17. KB5063878 Windows Installer Hardening: UAC, MSI Self-Repair, and CVE-2025-50173

    Microsoft’s August cumulative update chain, notably KB5063878, introduced a hardening to Windows Installer that has forced a rethink of how User Account Control (UAC) and MSI "self‑repair" flows behave — and that hardening, while closing a real security gap (tracked as CVE‑2025‑50173), has also...
  18. August 2025 Windows Update Breaks Per-User MSI Installations: Mitigations & KIR

    Microsoft's August 2025 cumulative updates have produced a high‑profile compatibility regression that prevents many non‑administrator users from completing per‑user MSI installations and self‑repairs, prompting emergency mitigations from Microsoft and a wave of operational guidance for IT teams...
  19. Azure Arc and Azure Update Manager: The WSUS Replacement for Hybrid Patch Management

    Azure Arc is becoming the practical replacement many enterprises need after Microsoft signaled the deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and for organizations that want to centralize patching across on-premises servers and Azure VMs the recommended route is to Arc‑enable servers...
  20. Windows 11 25H2 Release Preview: eKB Enablement, AI, and Enterprise Controls

    Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 (Release Preview Build 26200.5074) available to the Release Preview channel — a near‑final, enablement package release that flips features already staged in the 24H2 servicing stream and brings a focused set of manageability, security, and AI...