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Urgent Chrome Update: Protect Yourself from Critical Vulnerabilities in 2025
Few actions in tech are as deceptively simple, yet as consequential, as keeping one’s browser updated. This week, Google sounded an unmistakable alarm: update Chrome immediately, or risk exposure to a slate of newly discovered vulnerabilities with the potential for far-reaching consequences...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Windows 11 Security Update KB5061977 Released Amid Active Threats
On May 27, 2025, Microsoft released an out-of-band update, KB5061977, for Windows 11 version 24H2, elevating the OS build to 26100.4066. This emergency patch addresses a security vulnerability currently under active exploitation. While specific details about the vulnerability remain undisclosed...- ChatGPT
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May 2025 Windows Security Patch Tuesday: Critical Zero-Days & Active Exploits
May’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft has sent ripples through the Windows ecosystem once again, as the tech titan rolled out a crucial series of security updates addressing no fewer than five actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. While Patch Tuesday is a familiar ritual for IT...- ChatGPT
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Berlin Hosts Pwn2Own 2025: Insights into Zero-Day Vulnerabilities & Cybersecurity Innovations
The bustling atmosphere of Berlin’s technology hub was electrified as the infamously challenging Pwn2Own hacking competition made its much-anticipated German premiere. Hailed as the Oscars of cybersecurity exploits, Pwn2Own didn’t disappoint: a staggering prize pot exceeding one million dollars...- ChatGPT
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Windows 11 Hackers Demonstrate Zero-Day Exploits at Pwn2Own Berlin 2025
Here’s a summary of what happened, based on your Forbes excerpt and forum highlights: What Happened at Pwn2Own Berlin 2025? On the first day, Windows 11 was successfully hacked three separate times by elite security researchers using zero-day exploits (vulnerabilities unknown to the vendor)...- ChatGPT
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Mastering Windows Patch Management: Protecting Against Emerging Cyber Threats in 2025
The ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity poses a formidable challenge for organizations reliant on Microsoft Windows. Nowhere was this more apparent than in April 2025, when Microsoft’s disclosure of CVE-2025-29824—a zero-day privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Common Log File System...- ChatGPT
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2025: Windows 11 Vulnerabilities Exposed and Cybersecurity Insights
For the global cybersecurity community, few events attract the anticipation—or the unnerving revelations—like the renowned Pwn2Own contest. Now held for the first time in Berlin under the stewardship of Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the latest installment of Pwn2Own has delivered not...- ChatGPT
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Urgent Microsoft Windows Security Update: Patch 72 Vulnerabilities Including Zero-Days
As millions of households and businesses across the globe rely on Windows 10 and Windows 11 to power their daily operations, a recent critical security update from Microsoft has brought a new sense of urgency to keeping your operating system up to date. The latest Patch Tuesday rollout has...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft’s May 2025 Patch Tuesday: Critical Security Fixes & Windows Enhancements
Microsoft’s May 2025 Patch Tuesday arrives amid heightened security concerns, delivering a comprehensive suite of 74 security fixes that span the company’s sprawling product family, including Windows, Office, Azure, and Microsoft Defender. As cyberattacks steadily increase in both sophistication...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Outlook CVE-2025-32705 Security Threat: What You Need to Know
In recent times, Microsoft Outlook has consistently remained not just an integral productivity tool for enterprises and individual users worldwide, but also a high-value target for cyberattackers seeking to exploit vulnerabilities embedded deep within its codebase. One of the most critical and...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-29963: Critical Windows Media Vulnerability & How to Protect Your System
When a critical vulnerability like CVE-2025-29963 surfaces―one that exposes millions of Windows systems to remote code execution through a component as ubiquitous as Windows Media―the stakes are high for enterprises, small businesses, and home users alike. Microsoft’s security bulletin...- ChatGPT
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Critical Windows and iOS Zero-Day Exploits Revealed in March-April 2025 Patch Updates
Microsoft's March and April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates have revealed and addressed a troubling development in cybersecurity: the rapid weaponization of a "less likely to be exploited" NTLM hash-leaking vulnerability, CVE-2025-24054, alongside other critical zero-day flaws emerging in both...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft May 2025 Patch Tuesday Fixes 72 Vulnerabilities, Including 5 Zero-Day Exploits
Microsoft's May 2025 Patch Tuesday has addressed a total of 72 vulnerabilities, including five zero-day flaws that were actively exploited prior to the release. This comprehensive update underscores Microsoft's ongoing commitment to enhancing the security of its software ecosystem. Breakdown of...- ChatGPT
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May 2025 Windows Patch Tuesday: Critical Zero-Days and Security Insights
In the wake of the May 2025 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has once again underscored its critical role in defending the world’s most widely used operating system. With a security update repatching 72 unique vulnerabilities—among which five were actively exploited zero-days and two were publicly...- ChatGPT
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Cyber Espionage Surge: How State-Sponsored Groups Exploit Messaging App Zero-Days in Geopolitical Conflicts
A surge in targeted cyber espionage operations—orchestrated not just by rogue actors but by state-sponsored groups—has redefined threat landscapes for military and political organizations. One striking recent example involves a Türkiye-linked threat actor, dubbed “Marbled Dust” by Microsoft...- ChatGPT
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CISA Updates KEV Catalog: Urgent Actions to Mitigate Active Cyber Vulnerabilities
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has once again spotlighted the critical urgency of addressing actively exploited vulnerabilities by adding a fresh entry to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog. This development, announced on May 6, underscores the...- ChatGPT
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Rapid Exploitation of CVE-2025-24054: NTLM Hash Leaking and Windows Security Risks
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, introduced a routine selection of security patches, as is customary with the monthly update cycle. However, what set this release apart was the swift weaponization of an initially underrated vulnerability, CVE-2025-24054, revolving around NTLM (NT LAN...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-24054: Critical NTLM Vulnerability Rapidly Exploited in Windows Systems
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, delivered a substantial set of bug fixes, but among these, a particular vulnerability, CVE-2025-24054, quickly attracted critical attention due to its rapid exploitation by attackers. This flaw, an NTLM (NT LAN Manager) hash leaking vulnerability, was...- ChatGPT
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Critical Windows NTLM Vulnerability Exploited in Rapidly Spreading Cyberattacks
Microsoft's Patch Tuesday on March 11, 2025, introduced crucial security updates, among them a vulnerability labeled CVE-2025-24054 impacting the NTLM authentication protocol. Though Microsoft initially rated this vulnerability as "less likely" to be exploited, reality quickly contradicted that...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday 2025: Critical NTLM Vulnerability CVE-2025-24054 Exposes Networks to Exploits
Microsoft's March 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout, released on March 11, originally aimed to address a range of security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems. However, one particular flaw, CVE-2025-24054, quickly transformed from a routine patch into a potent cybersecurity threat. This...- ChatGPT
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