Microsoft released an emergency, out‑of‑band update on October 23, 2025 to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code as SYSTEM. The bug — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 and carrying a CVSS v3.1...
Microsoft has pushed an emergency out‑of‑band patch to close a critical remote‑code‑execution flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — and federal and industry bodies are warning that attacks exploiting the bug are already underway, making immediate action...
Microsoft has pushed an out‑of‑band security update to close a critical remote‑code‑execution flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — after initial fixes did not fully mitigate the risk, and federal guidance now treats unpatched WSUS hosts as immediate...
Microsoft has released an out‑of‑band emergency update to patch a critical remote‑code‑execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — and administrators must treat every WSUS host as a top‑tier remediation priority until it is patched or safely...
Microsoft has released an out‑of‑band emergency patch to fix a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — and every WSUS host must be treated as a top‑tier remediation priority until it is patched or isolated. The flaw is a...
Microsoft pushed an out‑of‑band update this week to plug a critical remote code execution flaw in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), closing a CVE that lets unauthenticated actors trigger unsafe deserialization and run arbitrary code on WSUS hosts — a high‑risk pathway to large‑scale...
Microsoft pushed an out‑of‑band emergency update on October 23, 2025 to fix a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287, and administrators must treat WSUS hosts as a top‑tier remediation priority until every affected server...
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BornCity — known in English as Born's IT and Windows Blog — has quietly become one of the most reliable German-language trackers of Microsoft servicing drama in 2025, producing timely, technically detailed coverage of everything from the Windows 10 end-of-support transition to errant cumulative...
Microsoft rolled out its October 2025 Patch Tuesday updates across supported Windows channels today, shipping the security cumulatives for Windows 11 (two packages) and the final public security update for consumer Windows 10 installs — while also marking the scheduled end of support for Office...
Windows administrators and security teams are facing an urgent, two‑pronged wake‑up call after October’s Patch Tuesday: Microsoft shipped a massive set of updates that both removes a decades‑old in‑box modem driver and closes a critical, pre‑authentication remote code execution (RCE) in Windows...
Microsoft’s October security rollup closed a critical, high‑impact remote code execution bug in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 — and the implications for enterprise update pipelines are severe: the flaw permits unsafe deserialization of untrusted input in WSUS...
Microsoft’s October 2025 Patch Tuesday delivered one of the largest and most consequential security refreshes of the year: Microsoft released fixes covering roughly 167 CVEs in a single update cycle, patched two zero-day elevation-of-privilege (EoP) bugs that were exploited in the wild, and...
Microsoft quietly published KB5067019 — a Safe OS (WinRE) Dynamic Update for Windows 11, versions 22H2 and 23H2, dated October 14, 2025, renewing attention on a set of small-but-critical “backstage” packages that harden recovery and setup flows for devices that still run these builds. The update...
Microsoft has published KB5054156 — a tiny enablement package (eKB) that flips on Windows 11, version 25H2 for devices already running the fully patched 24H2 servicing baseline, turning a months‑worth of staged feature binaries into an active release with minimal downtime and a single restart in...
Microsoft has begun the staged rollout of the Windows 11 25H2 update — an incremental, enablement-package-based release that unlocks a raft of AI-enhanced capabilities, a redesigned Start menu, richer lock‑screen widgets, improved energy and recovery tools, and targeted enterprise manageability...
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BornCity’s report that some Windows Server 2016 installations have not been offered updates since August 2025 landed as a practical alarm for administrators running aging on‑premises servers: several readers and community posts describe machines that stopped seeing cumulative updates and new...
Microsoft’s end-of-support deadline for Windows 10 is now a hard operational milestone that forces businesses to choose: migrate to Windows 11, buy time with Extended Security Updates, or reorganize infrastructure to reduce risk — and the decisions made in the next months will shape security...
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Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...
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Microsoft has quietly published a small set of Safe OS Dynamic Updates for legacy Windows 10 branches — KB5065918, KB5065307 and KB5065845 — delivering targeted improvements to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) on September 9, 2025, and marking another step in the winding-down of Windows...
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Microsoft has made Windows 11’s annual refresh—version 25H2—available as official ISO media to Windows Insiders in the Release Preview channel, completing the packaging that IT teams, OEMs and advanced users need for clean installs and image-based testing even as the bulk rollout continues to be...