Windows Installer, long regarded as a core component of the Microsoft Windows operating system, is once again under the cybersecurity spotlight. A recent vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-32714, has surfaced, revealing an elevation of privilege issue rooted in improper access control. As...
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Recent developments in Windows Server 2025 security have placed a new and formidable threat—dubbed “BadSuccessor”—at the center of administrator and cybersecurity discussions worldwide. This privilege escalation technique, uncovered by Akamai researchers and rapidly highlighted by the security...
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE) deployments across major cloud platforms, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). This flaw, designated as CVE-2025-20286, carries a near-maximum Common...
As Windows 10 nears its end of support cutoff in October 2025, a new sense of urgency has permeated Microsoft’s messaging to its vast user base. For millions still running the aging operating system, the past year has brought a noticeable escalation in Microsoft’s efforts to nudge — or, as some...
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As Microsoft prepares to pull the plug on Windows 10 support, the computing landscape finds itself at a crossroads. Amid rising anxiety among Windows 10 users—whose hardware may soon be labeled obsolete by corporate decree—the KDE community has launched a provocative “KDE for Windows 10 Exiles”...
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A critical security flaw tracked as CVE-2025-5068 has recently garnered significant attention among cybersecurity professionals, browser developers, and enterprise IT administrators alike. Identified within the Chromium project, this vulnerability relates to a "use after free" issue in Blink...
With growing urgency, both Microsoft and its major hardware partners like ASUS are sounding the alarm for millions still running Windows 10: the clock is ticking, and your PC’s days of safe, supported operation are coming to an inevitable close. While these warnings have become increasingly...
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As Microsoft approaches the end of free support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, a significant portion of users remain hesitant to transition to Windows 11. Despite the availability of a free upgrade, approximately 500 million users continue to operate on Windows 10, raising concerns about...
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As Microsoft prepares to end official support for Windows 10, users worldwide face a pivotal decision: whether to upgrade their PCs to Windows 11, find an alternative, or stick with an aging system that will soon lose vital security updates. The transition has brought a mix of anticipation and...
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Beneath the polished surface of every Windows PC, a constant, often polarizing process hums along: Windows Update. For decades, Microsoft's ecosystem of automatic updates has been a double-edged sword—critical for keeping devices secure, but notorious for disrupting workflows, introducing...
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Microsoft’s vision for an all-encompassing update ecosystem is on the cusp of a major evolution. For years, Windows Update has stood as the backbone of the operating system’s security and reliability, managing everything from crucial OS patches to drivers and Microsoft Store app refreshes...
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As Microsoft continues to innovate and redefine the user experience within Windows 11, a quietly radical shift is on the horizon: expanding Windows Update to act as the one-stop hub not just for operating system and driver updates, but for the multitude of third-party apps that populate every...
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Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has set the cybersecurity world abuzz, warning of a critical Active Directory vulnerability in Windows Server 2025—a flaw that Microsoft, controversially, labels as “moderate.” This unfolding conflict between one of Europe’s top security...
Microsoft’s status as a global technology titan has rarely looked more assured than it does today. The company’s impressive financial performance, surging cloud growth, and headlong embrace of artificial intelligence (AI) have repositioned it as a dominant force in the fast-evolving digital...
A critical and as yet unpatched vulnerability in Windows Server 2025 has shaken the enterprise security community, exposing devastating privilege escalation risks for nearly any Active Directory (AD) environment leveraging the platform. Security researchers at Akamai uncovered the exploit—dubbed...
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As Microsoft prepares to end support for Windows 10 by mid-October 2025, millions of users and businesses worldwide face a critical crossroad, one that extends beyond mere software updates into the very heart of security, productivity, and future-readiness. With Windows 10 maintaining dominance...
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During a recent Microsoft Build conference session on AI security, an unexpected series of events unfolded, shedding light on Walmart's strategic AI initiatives and sparking discussions about corporate transparency and ethical considerations in technology partnerships.
The session, led by Neta...
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The atmosphere at Microsoft’s Build developer conference this year was charged with anticipation and concern in equal measure, as the company made public its ambitious plans to embed the Model Context Protocol (MCP) deep within the fabric of Windows itself. The native inclusion of MCP marks a...
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As the digital world turns its attention to Microsoft’s Build conference, a significant segment of Windows 10 administrators and enterprise users are grappling with an all-too-familiar scenario: a major update gone awry, leaving countless machines teetering on the brink of unusability. The...
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For many Windows 10 users and administrators, Patch Tuesday often brings a blend of critical security updates and, regrettably, the unintended headaches that sometimes accompany sweeping changes to enterprise and personal PCs. The rollout of KB5058379, a mandatory security update for Windows 10...
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