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Microsoft: Windows Needs at least 8 hours Online to Update Reliably Microsoft says that Windows devices need to be online for at least eight hours to get the latest updates and have them correctly installed after they’re released through Windows Update. The amount of time devices running Windows are powered Read more…

Microsoft Outlook RCE Zero-day Exploits Now Selling for $400,000 Exploit broker Zerodium has announced a pay jump to 400,000 for zero-day vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution (RCE) in Microsoft Outlook email client. The new payout is not permanent, the company says in a short tweet, but the end date Read more…

Microsoft Warns of Multi-stage Phishing Campaign Leveraging Azure AD Microsoft’s threat analysts have uncovered a large-scale, multi-phase phishing campaign that uses stolen credentials to register devices onto the target’s network and use them to distribute phishing emails. As the report highlights, the attacks manifested only through accounts that didn’t have Read more…

Microsoft: Windows 11 Now in Broad Deployment for Eligible Devices Microsoft says Windows 11 has now entered the broad deployment phase, making it available for everyone with an eligible device via Windows Update. This means that Windows 11 21H2, the latest release, will be offered to all Windows devices not affected Read more…

Missing Microsoft Intune Certs Break Email, VPN on Samsung Devices Microsoft says Samsung devices enrolled in Microsoft Intune using a work profile will experience email and VPN connectivity issues due to missing certificates after upgrading to Android 12. Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based service designed to help admins manage Windows, macOS, Read more…

Microsoft Tests a New “Rejuvenated” Windows 11 Task Manager, How to Enable Microsoft is testing a new hidden feature in the latest Windows 11 preview build that rejuvenates the user interface for Task Manager with a new design and modern appearance. Task Manager is one of the most commonly used built-in Windows Read more…

Microsoft Backpedals on Windows 11 NCPA Control Panel Removal Microsoft has backpedaled its decision to forcefully redirect users from the Network Connections (ncpa.cpl) control panel to the Advanced Network Settings screen in Windows 11 preview builds. Microsoft has slowly begun to chip away at the old Control Panel interface for Read more…

Microsoft Disables Excel 4.0 Macros by Default to Block Malware ​Microsoft has announced that Excel 4.0 (XLM) macros will now be disabled by default to protect customers from malicious documents. In October, the company first revealed in a Microsoft 365 message center update that it would disable XLM macros in all tenants if Read more…

McAfee Agent Bug Lets Hackers Run Code with Windows SYSTEM Privileges McAfee Enterprise (now rebranded as Trellix) has patched a security vulnerability discovered in the company’s McAfee Agent software for Windows enabling attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. McAfee Agent is a client-side component of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator Read more…

Microsoft Starts Force Installing Windows 10 21H2 on More Devices Microsoft has started the forced rollout of Windows 10, version 21H2 to more devices approaching the end of service (EOS) as part of a first machine learning (ML) training phase. The automated feature update rollout phase comes after Windows 10 Read more…