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    KB5066189: Windows 11 OOB Fix for Reset/Recovery and SSU+LCU

    Microsoft released an out‑of‑band (OOB) non‑security update on August 19, 2025 — KB5066189 for Windows 11 (OS Builds 22621.5771 and 22631.5771) — to repair a regression introduced by August’s cumulative updates that can block device reset and recovery operations, and to deliver a servicing stack...
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    ICS Advisory Roundup Aug 19 2025: Siemens, Tigo, EG4 OT Vulnerabilities & Mitigations

    CISA’s August 19 advisory batch once again put industrial control systems at the center of urgent cybersecurity attention, flagging four distinct advisories that collectively underscore persistent weaknesses in building management, identity federation, solar-edge gateways, and distributed...
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    Mitigating CodeMeter Privilege Escalation in Siemens Desigo CC & SENTRON

    Siemens’ published advisory on the Desigo CC product family and SENTRON powermanager centers on a privilege-escalation flaw in the bundled WIBU CodeMeter runtime that can let a local, unprivileged user elevate rights immediately after installation — a condition Siemens and Wibu have patched but...
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    Microsoft 365 Companions on Windows 11: People, File Search, Calendar

    Microsoft’s decision to place three new Microsoft 365 “companion” apps — People, File Search, and Calendar — directly into the Windows 11 taskbar is a clear bet on shaving everyday friction from the workday, but it also raises immediate questions about duplication, manageability, and enterprise...
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    Microsoft Store Pauses App Updates for 1-5 Weeks: What Changes

    Microsoft has quietly removed the long-standing option in the Microsoft Store to keep automatic app updates turned off indefinitely — the Store now forces a time-limited pause that resumes updates automatically after a selected window (commonly one to five weeks), aligning Store behavior with...
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    CISA Adds CVE-2025-54948 to KEV: Trend Micro Apex One OS Command Injection

    CISA has formally added CVE-2025-54948 — a critical OS command injection in Trend Micro Apex One’s on‑premises Management Console — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation and triggering accelerated remediation expectations for federal...
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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...
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    Windows 10 ESU: One-Year Security Updates After End of Support

    Microsoft has given Windows 10 users a one-year safety net — a broadly accessible Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that keeps crucial security patches flowing after the official end-of-support date, but the offer comes with strings attached and hard choices ahead for millions of PC...
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    Microsoft 365 Store Installations End-of-Support: Move to Click-to-Run

    Microsoft’s recent policy updates around Office distribution have been widely misunderstood: the company is not locking Office into the Windows Store — it is effectively retiring the Microsoft Store installation type for Microsoft 365 (Office) apps and steering users toward Click-to-Run delivery...
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    OT Cyber Risk 2025: Reducing Critical Infrastructure Exposure to Ransomware

    The Colonial Pipeline blackout of May 2021 remains a cautionary touchstone: ransomware that began in corporate IT cascaded into physical shortages and public alarm, a stark demonstration that operational technology (OT) insecurity costs more than data — it can disrupt energy, water, food and...
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    Chrome Aura Use-After-Free CVE-2025-8882 Patch Now

    A recently disclosed memory-safety flaw in Chromium’s Aura windowing component — tracked as CVE-2025-8882 — allows a remote attacker who can trick a user into specific UI gestures to trigger a use‑after‑free that may lead to heap corruption; the bug was patched upstream in Google Chrome...
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    Patch Chrome 139.0.7258.127: Fix for ANGLE CVE-2025-8901

    Chromium security teams fixed a high‑risk out‑of‑bounds write in the ANGLE graphics translation layer (tracked as CVE‑2025‑8901), and users of Chromium‑based browsers — including Microsoft Edge after Microsoft ingests the Chromium update — must upgrade to the patched builds (Chrome...
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    CVE-2025-8880: Patch Chrome/Edge for V8 Race Condition and RCE Risk

    A race condition in V8, tracked as CVE‑2025‑8880, was disclosed by the Chromium team and fixed upstream in Chrome Stable — the flaw could allow a remote attacker to execute code inside the browser sandbox via a crafted webpage, and Chromium-based browsers (including Microsoft Edge) are advised...
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    Chrome CVE-2025-8881: Patch Stops File Picker Cross-Origin Data Leak

    A newly recorded Chromium vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8881, exposes a weakness in the browser’s File Picker implementation that can be coaxed into leaking cross‑origin data when a user is tricked into specific UI gestures on a crafted page; the bug affects Google Chrome builds prior to...
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    Windows 10 EOL Lawsuit: Court Fight Over Free Updates and AI Push

    A lone California plaintiff has asked a San Diego court to stop Microsoft from cutting off free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025 — a lawsuit that reframes a routine product‑lifecycle decision as a high‑stakes legal, security and policy dispute with potential ripple effects for...
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    August Patch Tuesday 2025: BadSuccessor Kerberos, Exchange Hybrid RCEs, Office Preview Pane Risks

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is one of the heavier maintenance cycles of the year: the company released patches addressing well over a hundred vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Exchange, SQL Server and Azure services, and security teams must triage a short list of immediate priorities...
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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...
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    Windows End of Support 2025: Plan Your Migration Before Oct 14

    Microsoft has issued a fresh, time‑sensitive reminder: multiple Windows releases are reaching the ends of their servicing windows within the next few months, and the transition clock is now counting down in plain dates — not vague warnings. For millions of Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education and...
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    Windows 11 KB5063878 0x80240069: KIR Mitigation for WSUS/SCCM

    Microsoft has acknowledged an emergency problem with the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878), after enterprise administrators reported widespread installation failures when the package is delivered through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and System Center...
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    Windows Server 2019 Cluster Regression Fixed: KB5063877 Resolves July BitLocker CSV Issue

    Microsoft has released an update that resolves a severe clustering regression in Windows Server 2019 introduced by July’s cumulative security rollup, closing a weeks‑long incident that left some failover clusters unstable and virtual machines repeatedly restarting. Background / Overview In...
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