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Microsoft: New Security Updates Trigger Windows Server Auth Issues Microsoft says users might experience authentication issues on Domain Controllers (DC) running Windows Server. after installing security updates released during the November Patch Tuesday. These authentication issues impact systems running Windows Server 2019 and lower versions with certain Kerberos delegation scenarios. Read more…

Microsoft Patches Excel Zero-day Used in Attacks, Asks Mac Users to Wait During this month’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has patched an Excel zero-day vulnerability exploited in the wild by threat actors. Zero-days, as defined by Microsoft, are publicly disclosed bugs with no official security updates. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2021-42292, is Read more…

Microsoft: Windows 10 2004 Reaches End of Service Next Month Microsoft has reminded users today that all editions of Windows 10, version 2004 and Windows Server, version 2004 (also known as the Windows 10 May 2020 Update), will reach end of servicing on December 14, 2021. For products that reach their end of support, Redmond Read more…

Microsoft Urges Exchange Admins to Patch Bug Exploited in the Wild Microsoft warned admins today to immediately patch a high severity Exchange Server vulnerability that may allow authenticated attackers to execute code remotely on vulnerable servers. The security flaw tracked as CVE-2021-42321 impacts Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019, and it Read more…

Microsoft November 2021 Patch Tuesday Fixes 6 Zero-days, 55 Flaws Today is Microsoft’s November 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for six zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 55 flaws. The actively exploited vulnerabilities are for Microsoft Exchange and Excel, with the Exchange zero-day used as part of the Read more…

New PowerShell Version Comes With Microsoft Update Support Microsoft has released PowerShell 7.2 with automatic updates through the Microsoft Update service on Windows 10 and Windows Server devices. “We have integration with Microsoft Update to automatically keep your installation of 7.2 updated whenever we have a servicing release which only Read more…

Microsoft: New Windows Driver Deployment Service Coming Soon Microsoft said that the new Windows Update for Business deployment service for drivers and firmware will be available in Microsoft Endpoint Manager and Microsoft Graph as a public preview starting with the first half of 2022. Once launched, it will enable enterprise Read more…

Microsoft Exchange ProxyShell Exploits Used to Deploy Babuk Ransomware A new threat actor is hacking Microsoft Exchange servers and breaching corporate networks using the ProxyShell vulnerability to deploy the Babuk Ransomware. The ProxyShell attacks against vulnerable Microsoft Exchange servers started several months ago, with LockFile and Conti being among the first ransomware groups to exploit Read more…

Microsoft says Windows 11 users might experience issues opening or using some built-in apps and features due to an expired digital certificate. “Starting on November 1, 2021, some users might be unable to open or use certain built-in Windows apps or parts of some built-in apps that have not installed Read more…

Microsoft 365 Outage Blocks Access to OneDrive, SharePoint Files A Microsoft 365 outage prevents access to files, such as Excel documents, stored on the SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Office, and Microsoft Teams cloud storage services. The outage started at approximately 11:40 AM EST, with admins and users reporting on social media Read more…