patch management

Microsoft's latest move to centralize and simplify enterprise patching — pushing Azure Update Manager as the recommended path for orchestrating Windows updates across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid fleets — promises to change how IT teams plan, schedule, and recover from update events while also...

Microsoft’s latest move to automate and AI‑assist Windows Server 2025 upgrades promises to cut the friction and risk that have long dogged enterprise patch cycles, but the effort is also a reminder that automation without clear metadata and robust controls can make things worse as quickly as it...

0patch’s decision to “security-adopt” Microsoft Office 2016 and Office 2019 — and to package that commitment into new paid plans — reshapes the post‑end‑of‑support landscape for millions of users who either can’t or won’t migrate to Microsoft 365 or Windows 11 before Microsoft’s October 14, 2025...

BeyondTrust’s release of the 2023 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report — framed as the 10th‑anniversary edition — is both a retrospective and a warning: the last decade of Microsoft vulnerability disclosures has delivered recurring patterns that disproportionately affect Windows Server environments...

Microsoft is rolling one more control layer into Windows setup: starting with the September 2025 security update, eligible Windows 11 devices enrolled through modern management can automatically download and install Windows quality updates during the Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE), with the...

CISA has added a critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerability — CVE-2025-7775 — to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after evidence of active exploitation, prompting an urgent patch-and-verify cycle for NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway operators worldwide. Background CVE-2025-7775...

CIQ’s hardened variant of Rocky Linux has taken a decisive step into the hyperscaler world: Rocky Linux from CIQ – Hardened (RLC‑H) is now offered through the major cloud marketplaces, giving enterprises a pre‑configured, supply‑chain‑validated Enterprise Linux image designed to reduce manual...

Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date for Windows 10—October 14, 2025—has pushed local managed‑IT providers into high gear, warning businesses that failure to prepare will increase security exposure, complicate compliance, and make future hardware purchases more expensive and time consuming...

Microsoft is rolling the ability to install Windows quality updates during the Out‑Of‑Box Experience (OOBE) into enterprise provisioning flows, making it possible for eligible Entra‑joined and Entra hybrid‑joined Windows 11 devices to arrive at first sign‑in already patched — but only when...

Schneider Electric has acknowledged a high-severity vulnerability in its Modicon M340 family and several M340 communication modules that can be triggered remotely by a specially crafted FTP command and may cause a denial-of-service condition; the flaw was assigned CVE‑2025‑6625 and carries a...

Microsoft’s warning that “the Windows are wide open for bad actors” is not hyperbole—October 14, 2025 is a hard deadline for Windows 10 support, and the downstream effects for healthcare providers, regulated institutions, and any organization running large fleets of legacy applications are...

Microsoft is rolling a significant change to how new Windows 11 PCs are provisioned: eligible devices will now check for and install the latest quality and security updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE) so users sign in on day one with a patched, compliant system. This shift, delivered...

Windows Server 2016 has reached a pivotal point in its lifecycle: mainstream support ended years ago and extended support will stop on January 12, 2027, leaving systems that remain on the platform exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and growing compatibility problems. This...

Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) and its relationship with Windows Server have resurfaced in recent reporting as a nexus of operational pain and security risk — a story that blends a high‑volume patch cycle, at least one serious authentication vulnerability, and persistent...

A recent technical feature in International Daily News highlighted some of the most overlooked yet critical components in the Microsoft ecosystem: the interaction between IIS (Internet Information Services) and the Windows Server platform, common post-installation errors in WSUS (Windows Server...

CISA’s August 25 alert that it has added three new flaws to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog should be treated as a red alert for IT teams: two significant issues in Citrix Session Recording (CVE-2024-8068 and CVE-2024-8069) and a client-side Git link-following vulnerability...

Microsoft’s Exchange team has taken a decisive step toward finally letting organizations retire the last Exchange server in hybrid environments by adding cloud-managed remote mailbox support — a per-mailbox “flip-the-switch” that transfers Exchange attribute authority to Exchange Online while...

Microsoft’s slow, staged rollout of the Windows 10 Enroll now (ESU) wizard means the extension lifeline Microsoft promised for legacy PCs is available — but not instantly visible to everyone, and it comes with conditions and caveats that every Windows 10 user should understand before relying on...

The VAN 9003 crash that left many Valorant players staring at the message “This build of Vanguard is out of compliance with current system settings” proved to be less a single bug and more a collision of modern Windows security posture, anti‑cheat kernel drivers, and inconsistent platform...

Microsoft’s Security Response Center has published an advisory for CVE-2025-55231 describing a race‑condition vulnerability in the Windows storage management stack that, according to the vendor entry, can be abused to achieve remote code execution — a high‑impact outcome that requires immediate...