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    September 2025 Windows 10 22H2 Patch Tuesday: Backup for Organizations, ESU Block & SMB Hardening

    Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday lands for Windows 10 with a mix of stability fixes, enterprise controls and a new organizational backup capability — but the rollout is as much about operational discipline as it is about fresh features. The September 2025 cumulative updates bring build bumps...
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    Auditing SMB Hardening for CVE-2025-55234: From Audit to Signing and EPA

    Microsoft has published advisory guidance tied to CVE‑2025‑55234 that focuses less on a new exploitable bug and more on enabling administrators to find and measure exposure to SMB relay‑style elevation‑of‑privilege attacks before they flip stronger hardening controls. The short form: the SMB...
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    Windows 11 24H2 KB5065426: Sept 9 Cumulative Update with SSU+LCU Fixes

    Microsoft released the September 9, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11, version 24H2 — KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) — a combined security and quality rollup that both closes recent high‑priority vulnerabilities and addresses a string of functional regressions introduced earlier in the...
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    ThinManager SSRF CVE-2025-9065: Patch to v14.1 and OT security best practices

    Rockwell Automation’s ThinManager has been flagged for a high-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) flaw that can expose an industrial control system’s ThinServer service account NTLM credentials, according to a federal advisory reissued on September 9, 2025. The vulnerability—tracked...
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    Audit-First SMB Hardening in Windows Server: Signing and EPA Readiness

    Microsoft has added built‑in auditing to help administrators safely roll out two proven SMB server hardening features—SMB Server signing and SMB Server Extended Protection for Authentication (EPA)—so that organizations can discover compatibility gaps before they require those hardening controls...
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    CVE-2025-53778 NTLM Privilege Elevation: Patch Now and Harden Authentication

    Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53778 as an improper authentication vulnerability in the Windows NTLM implementation that can allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network, and administrators should treat it as a high-priority authentication risk until every...
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    Recent SMB Vulnerabilities in Windows: Critical Updates and Security Tips for 2025

    As of July 8, 2025, there is no publicly available information regarding a vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-48802 in the Windows SMB Server. It's possible that this CVE has not been disclosed or documented in public databases. However, there have been recent vulnerabilities related to...
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    NTLM Relay Attacks in 2025: Rising Threats and How to Defend Your Active Directory

    NTLM relay attacks, once thought to be a relic of the past, have re-emerged as a significant threat in modern Active Directory environments. Despite years of research and incremental security improvements, most enterprise domains remain susceptible to these attacks, creating wide-reaching risks...
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    2025 Guide: Protecting Enterprise Data from Windows Authentication Coercion Attacks

    Few developments in enterprise cybersecurity have proved as persistent—and as adaptive—as Windows authentication coercion attacks. Despite years of steady security investments by Microsoft and mounting awareness within the IT community, these sophisticated offensive techniques continue to...
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    Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25236: Key Changes and Fixes

    (https://blogs.windows.com/wp-content/uploads/prod/sites/44/2022/11/11.png%5B/IMG Microsoft has released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25236 to the Dev Channel, bringing a plethora of improvements and bug fixes. This build is primarily aimed at testing the servicing pipeline but also...
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    Vulnerability issues in windows server 2008r2

    Hi Everyone, In our environment, we run Vulnerability to scan in the servers using the Nessus scanner tool, as a result it throws some Vulnerability issues as listed below: SMB Signing not required DNS Server Cache Snooping Remote Information Disclosure SSL DROWN Attack Vulnerability...
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