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Microsoft’s September Patch Tuesday delivers more than a routine security roll-up: KB5065426 (OS Build 26100.6584) for Windows 11 24H2 packages a slate of small but visible UI tweaks, on-device AI components, and a collection of reliability fixes that will matter to both home users and...

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...

Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday shipped a wide-ranging set of fixes addressing 80 CVEs across Windows, Office, virtualization, and platform components — with eight rated Critical and 72 rated Important — and included several high-profile fixes for SMB, NTLM, NTFS, Office, SharePoint...

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...

Microsoft’s advisory that an improper authentication vulnerability in Windows NTLM can let an authenticated actor elevate privileges over the network is the latest warning flag in a year already crowded with NTLM-related incidents and active exploitation chains. The vendor entry the user...

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...

CIFS is not a modern alternative to SMB — it’s the 1996 dialect of SMB 1.0, and continuing to treat CIFS as a current protocol in 2025 leaves organizations exposed to well-known security flaws and performance shortfalls. The choice for any Windows-heavy network today is not “CIFS vs SMB” as if...

Microsoft's August security rollup is one of those months that makes system administrators stop what they're doing and triage: this Patch Tuesday delivered fixes for a broad sweep of vulnerabilities across Windows, Exchange, Azure and related services — including a publicly disclosed Kerberos...

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...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-50169, a race-condition flaw in the Windows SMB implementation that Microsoft says can allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network by exploiting concurrent access to a shared resource with improper synchronization. The...

Microsoft's security update for a Windows File Explorer flaw underscores a long-standing risk vector: trusted UI components that implicitly parse untrusted content. In March 2025 Microsoft disclosed and patched a Windows File Explorer spoofing vulnerability that could cause Explorer to...

When it comes to configuring network-attached storage (NAS) for home or small business use, the debate between Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) as file-sharing protocols often becomes a focal point. But what’s sometimes overlooked is the practical reality that using...

Inforcer, a London-based software company specializing in Microsoft 365 management solutions for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), has secured $35 million (£25.8 million) in a Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital, with participation from existing investor Meritech Capital. This investment...

ASUS has set the stage for a compelling new era in mainstream computing with the introduction of its 2025 consumer desktop and All-in-One PC lineup in the Philippines, promising robust performance, versatile configurations, and heightened value through comprehensive software bundles and extended...

For the estimated 300 million organizations worldwide that rely on Microsoft software to manage their operations, cybersecurity remains a daunting and ever-evolving challenge. Many businesses, especially small and midsize enterprises (SMBs), find themselves equipped with powerful security tools...

India’s small and medium businesses (SMBs) have long stood at the intersection of innovation and opportunity, powering some of the country’s most resilient economic growth. Yet for many, the digital transformation journey is hampered by a daunting menu of technology choices, uneven access to...

India’s small and medium businesses have long been described as the backbone of the nation’s economic engine, but in the era of AI-driven digital transformation, many face a daunting reality: access to enterprise-grade technology remains limited, and the journey to cloud adoption and advanced...

Microsoft India, in collaboration with SoftwareOne, has unveiled SaMBIT (संबित) – SoftwareOne India for Strong Mighty Businesses – a strategic initiative designed to accelerate digital adoption among India's Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). This program offers a suite of Microsoft-powered...

When news of a significant vulnerability surfaces, especially one affecting a core service like Windows SMB, the IT world takes notice. The recent disclosure of CVE-2025-33073—a Windows SMB Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability—has raised urgent discussions among security professionals...

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) stand at the precipice of an unprecedented technological transformation, as artificial intelligence rapidly shifts from concept to competitive imperative. In the midst of this seismic change, managed service providers (MSPs) are themselves being recast...