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  1. KB5061096 PowerShell Hotpatch: Fast, Low-Downtime Security Update

    Microsoft’s May 13, 2025 hotpatch for Windows PowerShell, released as KB5061096, is a narrowly scoped security update aimed at reducing immediate exposure for hotpatch‑eligible systems while preserving uptime for high‑availability deployments; it applies only to devices enrolled in Microsoft’s...
  2. Steam ends 32-bit Windows support in 2026: plan your 64-bit migration

    Valve’s Steam client will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a change that’s technically sensible, strategically predictable, and narrowly impactful for most players, but which carries an outsized risk for the small group still running Windows 10 (32‑bit) unless...
  3. Steam to End Windows 32-bit Support by Jan 2026: What You Need to Know

    Steam will stop supporting Windows 32‑bit installations on January 1, 2026, a move that, if confirmed and implemented as reported, will leave the vanishingly small number of users still running Windows 10 in its 32‑bit form without client updates, security fixes, or official Steam Support help —...
  4. Microsoft Deprecates EdgeHTML Web Components, Accelerates WebView2 and Chromium PWAs

    Microsoft has quietly placed a cluster of legacy web components — the EdgeHTML-era pieces that once connected Windows and the web — onto Windows’ official deprecation list, signaling a formal step toward their eventual removal and accelerating the platform’s shift to Chromium-based embedding and...
  5. Microsoft September Patch Tuesday: 80+ CVEs, SMB Audit, and JSON vulnerability fixes

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers a heavy, operationally urgent security package: more than 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, Hyper‑V, Azure components and developer libraries, including eight items Microsoft rates critical and two vulnerabilities that were publicly disclosed before the...
  6. KB5066360: Windows 11 LTSC 2024 PowerShell hotpatch for PSDirect fix

    Microsoft has published KB5066360, a hotpatch that updates Windows PowerShell on Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 to OS Build 26100.6569, addressing a specific PSDirect connectivity failure that could, under narrow conditions, allow unauthorized non-administrator access between host and guest...
  7. HTTP.sys DoS Risk and Mitigations (CVE-2025-53805)

    Microsoft’s advisory for a newly referenced HTTP.sys vulnerability describes an out‑of‑bounds read in the Windows HTTP protocol stack that can be triggered remotely against Internet Information Services (IIS) and other HTTP.sys consumers, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause a...
  8. CVE-2025-54110: Urgent Windows Kernel Patch & Mitigations

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54110, a Windows Kernel vulnerability caused by an integer overflow or wraparound that can be triggered by a locally authorized attacker to achieve elevation of privilege to SYSTEM on affected machines; administrators should treat this as a...
  9. CVE-2025-54914: Azure Networking Elevation-of-Privilege - Admin Guide

    Breaking Down CVE-2025-54914 — Azure Networking Elevation‑of‑Privilege (what admins need to know) Summary Microsoft has published a Security Update Guide entry for CVE-2025-54914, an elevation‑of‑privilege issue that Microsoft lists under its Azure Networking surface. Administrators should...
  10. July 2025 Security Update Baseline for Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC

    Here is a summary of the information on the Microsoft Support page for the "July 8, 2025—Baseline": This date marks the release of the security update baseline for July 2025. The update pertains to Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024. For specific details on the update, users are directed to...
  11. Critical Security Alert: CVE-2025-49672 Vulnerability in Windows RRAS

    The Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) has recently been identified as vulnerable to a critical security flaw, designated as CVE-2025-49672. This vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow that allows unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code over a network, posing...
  12. Multi-Factor Authentication Now Required for All Accounts

    Important Security Update: Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Now Mandatory To enhance the security of our community and protect user accounts, WindowsForum.com now requires multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all accounts. This is no longer optional. Why MFA? The rise in credential theft and...
  13. How to Download and Update to Windows 11 Version 25H2 Easily

    Here’s a summary of what you need to know about downloading and updating to Windows 11 version 25H2, based on information from Microsoft and recent Windows update practices: How Windows 11 Version 25H2 Updates Work Enablement Package (eKB): If your PC is running Windows 11 version 24H2, the...
  14. June 2025 Windows 11 Security Update KB5060842: Key Features, Impacts & Best Practices

    Microsoft’s June 2025 security update for Windows 11 version 24H2 arrives at a time of heightened attention to system stability, AI integration, and security innovation across personal and enterprise environments. KB5060842 (OS Build 26100.4349) is billed as a cumulative update, encompassing...
  15. Commvault Data Breach: Zero-Day CVE-2025-3928 Exploited by Nation-State Attackers in Azure

    In a significant cybersecurity development, Commvault, a leading provider of data protection and backup solutions, has confirmed that a nation-state threat actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-3928, to breach its Microsoft Azure environment. This incident has raised...
  16. TA17-181A: Petya Ransomware

    Original release date: July 01, 2017 | Last revised: July 28, 2017 Systems Affected Microsoft Windows operating systems Overview This Alert has been updated to reflect the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center's (NCCIC) analysis of the "NotPetya" malware variant. The...
  17. Compatibility Issues Affecting Signed Microsoft Binaries - Version: 2.0

    Severity Rating: Revision Note: V2.0 (December 11, 2012): Added the KB2687627 and KB2687497 updates described in MS12-043, the KB2687501 and KB2687510 updates described in MS12-057, the KB2687508 update described in MS12-059, and the KB2726929 update described in MS12-060 to the list of...
  18. MS11-100 - Critical : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2638420)

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.1 (December 30, 2011): Added entry to the Update FAQ to address security-related changes to functionality contained in this update and added mitigation for CVE-2011-3414 Summary: This security update resolves one publicly...