Cybersecurity (General)

CISA Warns Orgs to Patch Actively Exploited Windows LPE Bug The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added ten new security bugs to its list of actively exploited vulnerabilities, including a high severity local privilege escalation bug in the Windows Common Log File System Driver. This high severity security Read more…

Windows 11 KB5012592 Update Brings Default Browser Improvements Microsoft has released the Windows 11 KB5012592 cumulative update with security updates, quality improvements, and a fix that makes it easier to switch your default browser. KB5012592 is a mandatory cumulative update as it contains the April 2022 Patch Tuesday security updates for vulnerabilities discovered Read more…

Windows 10 KB5012599 and KB5012591 Updates Released The update has been published for November 2021 Update, May 2021 Update, and October 2020 Update. Unfortunately, this update is not available for May 2020 Update (version 2004) if you use the consumer edition, but the same update will be offered on devices Read more…

Qbot Malware Switches to New Windows Installer Infection Vector The Qbot botnet is now pushing malware payloads via phishing emails with password-protected ZIP archive attachments containing malicious MSI Windows Installer packages. This is the first time the Qbot operators are using this tactic, switching from their standard way of delivering Read more…

Windows 11 KB5011563 Update Fixes SMB, DirectX Blue Screens Microsoft has released the optional KB5011563 cumulative update preview for Windows 11, with fixes for stop errors triggering blue screens of death (BSOD) and other issues. This preview update is part of Microsoft’s scheduled March 2022 monthly “C” updates, allowing Windows Read more…

Windows 11 22H2: Everything We Know So Far Windows 11 version 22H2 aka Sun Valley 2 is set to launch later this year. Unlike the original Windows 11 release, it won’t be a massive update with radical design changes. Instead, Sun Valley 2 will be similar to Windows 10 Anniversary Read more…

Windows 11 22H2 Almost Here as it Moves to the Beta Channel Windows 11 22H2 inches closer to release as Microsoft has now moved this version to the Windows Insider ‘Beta’ channel, allowing Insiders time to switch channels before a newer version is released to the ‘Dev’ channel. Since Windows Read more…

Windows 10 KB5011543 Update Released with Search Highlights Feature Microsoft has released the optional KB5011543 Preview cumulative update for Windows 10 20H2, Windows 10 21H1, and Windows 10 21H2. This update includes numerous bug fixes and a new “Search highlights” feature for the Windows 10 Start Menu. The KB5011543 cumulative Read more…

Windows Zero-day Flaw Giving Admin Rights Gets Unofficial Patch, Again A Windows local privilege escalation zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft has failed to fully address for several months now, allows users to gain administrative privileges in Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server. The locally exploited vulnerability in Windows User Profile Read more…

Serpent Malware Campaign Abuses Chocolatey Windows Package Manager Threat actors are abusing the popular Chocolatey Windows package manager in a new phishing campaign to install new ‘Serpent’ backdoor malware on systems of French government agencies and large construction firms. Chocolatey is an open-source package manager for Windows that allows users Read more…