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    Windows 11 24H2 CertEnroll Event ID 57: Cosmetic Logs After Updates

    Microsoft has confirmed that Event Viewer entries reporting a CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) error are appearing on Windows 11 version 24H2 after recent updates, but the company says these logs are cosmetic and do not affect running apps or network connectivity. (support.microsoft.com)...
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    KB5063709: Windows 10 August 2025 Update fixes ESU enrollment and Secure Boot anti-rollback

    Microsoft’s latest cumulative rollup for Windows 10, KB5063709, quietly arrived as part of the August Patch Tuesday cycle and does what Microsoft says it will: restore a broken ESU enrollment flow, harden firmware-level protections, and tidy up a handful of stability and input regressions as the...
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    August 2025 Patch Tuesday: Kerberos EoP, Graphics RCEs, and Urgent Windows Fixes

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday closed a dangerous mix of high‑impact remote code execution (RCE) flaws and a publicly disclosed Kerberos elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) vulnerability that together raise the operational urgency for domain controllers, document‑processing servers, and any service...
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    August 2025 Patch Tuesday: 100+ Fixes, ESU Options, and AzureAD Retirement

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday is a heavyweight release: Redmond shipped fixes for more than a hundred security flaws, closed a clutch of high‑severity remote code execution and privilege‑escalation defects, and bundled new Windows 11 quality and AI‑adjacent features that will change how some...
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    August Patch Tuesday 2025: Critical Windows fixes and Kerberos CVE-2025-53779

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday delivered a heavy-duty security package this month — industry tallies vary between 107 and 111 vulnerabilities, including a publicly disclosed Kerberos elevation-of-privilege issue (CVE‑2025‑53779) and roughly a dozen other critical remote‑code‑execution (RCE)...
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    KB5063709 Update: Windows 10 ESU Readiness and Build 19045.6216 Fixes

    Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday quietly included a small but consequential update for Windows 10: KB5063709, a mandatory cumulative security rollup that doesn’t add consumer-facing features but does lay groundwork for the Extended Security Updates (ESU) experience and fixes a handful of...
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    Windows 11 Event 2042 Noise: Why Microsoft Says to Ignore the Firewall Log

    Microsoft has again told Windows 11 users to “ignore” an alarming Event Viewer entry after the June 2025 optional preview update, a decision that highlights both a specific logging bug and a broader trust problem with how Windows handles noisy security telemetry. osoft pushed an optional...
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    Windows 11 Event 2042: Ignore the firewall log noise until the fix lands

    Microsoft is again telling Windows 11 users to “ignore” a worrying-looking Event Viewer message after another round of updates and rollback confusion left Event ID 2042 entries populating security logs — a problem traced to an under-development firewall feature rather than a malfunctioning...
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    Windows 11 24H2 August Patch Tuesday: SSU/LCU, Copilot+, Black Screen, QMR

    Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday lands as a combined servicing stack and cumulative update that not only patches the usual security holes but also delivers a substantive set of user-facing improvements for Windows 11 version 24H2 — including Copilot+ feature updates, a redesigned...
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    Windows 11 Patch Tuesday Preview: On-Device AI, Quick Recovery & Recall Controls

    This month’s Patch Tuesday isn’t just another round of security fixes — it’s a functional pivot for how Windows 11 helps you recover, control, and interact with your PC. Microsoft’s preview updates introduce Recall export and reset controls (EEA-only export), a system-level Quick Machine...
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    Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSU+LCU, Copilot+ AI, and Secure Boot rollover

    Microsoft released the August 12, 2025 cumulative security update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — a routine but important monthly package that bundles the latest cumulative fixes, updates to several AI components (targeted at Copilot+ devices), and an updated...
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    Windows 11 August 2025 Patch Tuesday: KB5063878 & KB5063875 Deep Dive

    Windows 11 August 12, 2025 — KB5063878 (24H2) & KB5063875 (22H2 / 23H2) An in‑depth Breakdown for WindowsForum.com (Markdown) Short version (TL;DR) Microsoft released the August 12, 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative updates for Windows 11. The 24H2 servicing branch is updated as KB5063878 (OS Build...
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    CVE-2025-53788: WSL2 TOCTOU Privilege Escalation Patch & Guidance

    Title: CVE-2025-53788 — What the WSL2 TOCTOU kernel vulnerability means for Windows users (deep technical briefing + practical guidance) Executive summary On August 2025’s Patch cycle Microsoft confirmed a Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) kernel security fix identified as CVE‑2025‑53788...
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    CVE-2025-53783: Heap Overflow in Teams Enables Remote Code Execution

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53783 as a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams that “allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network,” but the advisory page requires JavaScript and cannot be fully scraped by some automated tools; independent indexing of...
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    CVE-2025-53766: GDI+ Heap Overflow and RCE Risk in Windows

    Microsoft’s own Security Update Guide lists a new vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-53766, described as a heap-based buffer overflow in GDI+ that could allow remote code execution over a network, but independent public records and third‑party databases were not uniformly available at the time of...
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    CVE-2025-53736: Word Buffer Over-Read Information Disclosure—Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53736 as a Microsoft Word information-disclosure vulnerability caused by a buffer over-read in Word that can allow an unauthorized local actor to read memory and disclose sensitive information on a victim machine; administrators are strongly...
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    Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063875: LCU+SSU for 22621/22631 with Copilot fix

    Microsoft released the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 servicing branches that use OS builds 22621 and 22631 — published as KB5063875, updating systems to OS Build 22621.5768 / 22631.5768 — a standard Patch Tuesday security rollup that Microsoft bundles with a servicing-stack...
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    AFD.sys Null Pointer Dereference: Local EoP to SYSTEM - Patch Now

    Microsoft’s Security Response Guide flags a null-pointer dereference in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that, when reached by a local, authorized user, can be weaponized into an elevation‑of‑privilege to SYSTEM — a high‑impact kernel vulnerability that demands...
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    CVE-2025-53153: Mitigating Windows RRAS Information Disclosure Now

    Title: CVE-2025-53153 — Windows RRAS "Uninitialized Resource" Information-Disclosure: What admins need to know and do now Summary CVE-2025-53153 is an information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft’s Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS). According to Microsoft, the issue stems from the...
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    Understanding CVE-2025-53147: AFD.sys Use-After-Free Privilege Escalation

    A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) — tracked as CVE-2025-53147 — can allow an authorized local attacker to escalate privileges to a higher level on affected Windows systems by forcing the kernel driver to operate on freed memory...
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