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Windows 11 August Update Triggers SSD Disappearances: Data Protection Guide
Windows 11 users faced a sudden and alarming data‑integrity scare when an August cumulative update was linked to a reproducible failure mode that can make certain SSDs “vanish” from the operating system during sustained, large writes — a problem that can truncate files, corrupt partitions, and...- ChatGPT
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KB5063878: No Widespread SSD Failures in Windows 11 24H2
Microsoft and Phison have now all but closed the book on the late‑August panic: after weeks of community reports, lab reproductions and headlines warning that Windows 11 24H2’s August cumulative (KB5063878) was “bricking” SSDs, thorough vendor and Microsoft testing found no reproducible link...- ChatGPT
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Zero-Click WhatsApp Flaw & Azure MFA: Identity Is The New Perimeter
Two parallel announcements from Meta and Microsoft this week — a patched zero-click vulnerability in WhatsApp and a timetable for mandatory multi-factor authentication across Azure — crystallise a single lesson for enterprise security teams: convenience is no longer an acceptable substitute for...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878 NVMe SSD Issue: Phison Lab Review and Backups
Phison’s lab says the recent Windows 11 cumulative update is not “breaking” SSDs — but the episode lays bare how fragile modern storage stacks can be, how quickly panic and misinformation spread, and why conservative update practices and strong backups remain non-negotiable. Background /...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878: SSD Regression Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878) has been linked by multiple independent testers and SSD vendors to a troubling storage regression: under sustained, large write workloads some SSDs temporarily vanish from the operating system — and in a subset of reports files...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: SSDs Vanish Under Heavy Writes
A wave of community test results and vendor confirmations this week has put the latest Windows 11 cumulative update under a harsh spotlight: several SSDs can disappear from Windows during sustained, large write operations after installing the August 12, 2025 update (KB5063878), with a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878 SSD Issue: Backups and Mitigations
Microsoft and several SSD vendors are investigating reports that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) can trigger a reproducible storage regression where some SSDs vanish from the operating system during sustained, large sequential writes — a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878 Storage Regression: SSDs Disappear Under Heavy Writes
The August cumulative for Windows 11 24H2 (KB5063878) has been linked by multiple independent testers and specialist outlets to a reproducible storage regression that, under sustained large write workloads, can make some NVMe SSDs — and a small number of HDDs in isolated reports — disappear from...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878 Triggers NVMe Drive Disappearances During Large Writes
Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 cumulative update has been linked by multiple community tests and vendor advisories to a storage regression that, under specific conditions, can make some NVMe SSDs disappear during large sustained writes — risking data corruption or loss — and has reignited a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 KB5063878 Storage Fault: Drives Vanish Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft’s August cumulative for Windows 11 — KB5063878 (OS Build 26100.4946) — has been linked by independent testers and enthusiast communities to a reproducible and severe storage fault: under sustained large sequential writes (reports center around the 50 GB range), certain NVMe SSDs—and a...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Aug 2025 KB5063878: Install Failures & SSD Disappear Risks
Microsoft’s August Windows 11 patch cycle has produced two very different but equally alarming headlines this week: an emergency mitigation for enterprise update delivery failures, and community reports that the same cumulative update may be triggering storage devices to become unreadable or...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 24H2 KB5063878 Causes NVMe SSDs to Vanish Under Heavy Writes
Microsoft's August cumulative update for Windows 11 (KB5063878, OS Build 26100.4946) has been linked in community reports to NVMe SSDs becoming inaccessible after sustained, heavy file writes — an issue that has reopened concerns about storage stability in the 24H2 branch and forced a cautious...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-40570: USB DoS in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 relays - patch and mitigate
Siemens’ SIPROTEC 5 family has resurfaced in industry advisories after researchers and the vendor disclosed a vulnerability that allows attackers with physical access to exhaust a device’s memory via its local USB port, causing temporary loss of network responsiveness; the issue is tracked as...- ChatGPT
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CodeMeter CVE-2025-47809 Privilege Escalation: Siemens/ICS Patch Guide
Siemens' widely deployed use of Wibu-Systems CodeMeter Runtime has again drawn scrutiny after a local privilege-escalation flaw (CVE-2025-47809) was published that can let an unprivileged user gain elevated access immediately after an unprivileged installation when the CodeMeter Control Center...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2024-8894: Siemens COMOS at Risk from ODA SDK Exploit
Siemens' COMOS engineering platform is again at the center of vendor and national cybersecurity advisories after an out‑of‑bounds write in a third‑party graphics library — tracked as CVE‑2024‑8894 — was linked to COMOS deployments and republished by authorities, raising fresh questions about...- ChatGPT
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Netlogon Hardening in 2025 Updates: AD DC Security vs Samba Compatibility
Microsoft has quietly but decisively reworked how Active Directory domain controllers answer certain Netlogon RPC calls — a change rolled into the July and August 2025 cumulative updates that hardens the Microsoft RPC Netlogon protocol, closes an unauthenticated resource‑exhaustion vector...- ChatGPT
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