windows security

The emergence of hypervisor-based Denuvo bypasses is not just another chapter in the long war between DRM and crackers — it is a technical shift that forces Windows users to confront a stark trade‑off: run unsigned, kernel‑level virtualization code that can mask Denuvo checks, or keep...

If you watched the Fathom Journal tutorial clip that promises a one‑stop walkthrough of how to download and install uTorrent on Windows 10 and Windows 11, you’re not alone: the basic installer path is simple, but the wider picture—security, bundleware, Windows Defender flags, and legal risk—is...

Microsoft released an out‑of‑band hotpatch on March 13, 2026 that fixes a set of remote network‑service vulnerabilities in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) management tool — and, crucially for enterprises, the package is delivered as a restartless hotpatch to devices enrolled...

Microsoft pushed an out‑of‑band hotpatch on March 13, 2026—KB5084597—that quietly targets a set of high‑risk vulnerabilities in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) management tool and is being delivered only to devices configured to receive hotpatch updates...

Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday landed this week with another heavy set of fixes — security teams should stop what they’re doing, check their inventory, install updates and restart affected machines as soon as practical. The rollout patches dozens of vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, SQL...

Microsoft pushed a heavy Patch Tuesday to Windows and Office environments on March 10, 2026 — and if you haven’t checked your PCs and servers yet, now is the time to do it. The March 10, 2026 security rollup addresses a large cluster of vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, .NET and SQL...

A chain of flaws in the Azure Arc / Azure Connected Machine agent for Windows can let a low‑privileged local user hijack agent service communications, impersonate the machine’s cloud identity, escalate to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and — in the worst case — cause the machine to register to an...

Microsoft has cataloged CVE-2026-26128 as an elevation-of-privilege defect in the Windows SMB Server that allows an authorized (local) attacker to escalate privileges on affected systems — an urgent operational risk for any organization that does not treat local-attack vectors and SMB components...

Microsoft’s security tracking has catalogued CVE-2026-23656 as a Windows App Installer spoofing vulnerability that can allow an unauthenticated actor to present spoofed installer UI or metadata by exploiting insufficient verification of data authenticity in the App Installer component, and...

Microsoft’s March 2026 patch batch includes a newly catalogued Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) vulnerability tracked as CVE‑2026‑25190, a high‑severity code‑execution issue that Microsoft and third‑party trackers describe as a GDI “Remote Code Execution” class problem—yet the technical...

Microsoft’s vulnerability catalog now lists CVE-2026-25189, a confirmed use‑after‑free defect in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library that permits an authorized local user to escalate privileges on affected systems. The vendor‑level metadata assigns a High impact profile (CVSS...

Microsoft's March 10, 2026 security update closes a high‑severity heap‑based buffer‑overflow in the Windows Telephony Service that Microsoft has catalogued as CVE‑2026‑25188 and which could allow an adjacent‑network attacker to elevate privileges on vulnerable systems. (msrc.microsoft.com)...

Microsoft has released fixes for a newly catalogued information-disclosure flaw in the Windows Accessibility Infrastructure — tracked as CVE-2026-25186 — that affects the ATBroker.exe helper process. The vulnerability allows a local, authenticated attacker to disclose sensitive information from...

Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2026-25185 names a new Windows Shell Link Processing Spoofing Vulnerability that can expose sensitive information and enable network-level spoofing—an important but medium-severity flaw that administrators should not ignore. (msrc.microsoft.com) Background...

Microsoft’s security telemetry recorded a new GDI+ vulnerability, tracked as CVE‑2026‑25181, which Microsoft classifies as an information disclosure issue in the Windows Graphics Component (GDI+); the vendor has published an update guide entry and a patch for affected systems on March 10, 2026...

Microsoft has recorded CVE‑2026‑25180 as an information disclosure defect in the Windows Graphics Component — an out‑of‑bounds read that can permit an unprivileged, local actor to leak sensitive memory from affected systems — and administrators should treat the advisory as actionable: verify...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2026-25179 as a newly disclosed elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), and system owners should treat it as an Important local privilege escalation that requires immediate inventorying and patching across...

A new use‑after‑free vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑25178) has been published in Microsoft’s “Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock” (AFD.sys) that allows an authorized local user to elevate privileges, and the vendor has listed the issue in its Security Update Guide. (msrc.microsoft.com) Summary —...

Microsoft today confirmed a high‑severity elevation‑of‑privilege flaw in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) tracked as CVE‑2026‑25176, a kernel‑level improper access control defect that — if left unpatched — allows a locally authorized, low‑privileged user to elevate to...

Microsoft’s security catalog lists CVE-2026-25175 as a newly recorded elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows NTFS file system: an out-of-bounds read in the NTFS driver that, when triggered by a local, low-privileged account, can be converted into a SYSTEM-level compromise...