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Microsoft: Office 2016 and Office 2019 reach end of support in October
2025-04-17 13:30

​​Microsoft has reminded customers that Office 2016 and Office 2019 will reach the end of extended support six months from now, on October 14, 2025. [...]

Microsoft vulnerabilities: What’s improved, what’s at risk
2025-04-17 05:00

Microsoft reported a record 1,360 vulnerabilities in 2024, according to the latest BeyondTrust Microsoft Vulnerabilities Report. The volume marks an 11% increase from the previous record in 2022...

Gamma AI Platform Abused in Phishing Chain to Spoof Microsoft SharePoint Logins
2025-04-16 11:44

Threat actors are leveraging an artificial intelligence (AI) powered presentation platform named Gamma in phishing attacks to direct unsuspecting users to spoofed Microsoft login pages. "Attackers...

Microsoft warns of blue screen crashes caused by April updates
2025-04-16 11:21

Microsoft warned customers this week that their systems might crash with a blue screen error caused by a secure kernel fatal error after installing Windows updates released since March. [...]

Microsoft: Some devices offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune blocks
2025-04-16 10:31

Microsoft is working to fix an ongoing issue causing some users' Windows devices to be offered Windows 11 upgrades despite Intune policies preventing them. [...]

Microsoft blocks ActiveX by default in Microsoft 365, Office 2024
2025-04-15 16:57

Microsoft announced it will begin disabling all ActiveX controls in Windows versions of Microsoft 365 and Office 2024 applications later this month. [...]

Microsoft: Exchange 2016 and 2019 reach end of support in six months
2025-04-15 15:07

​Microsoft warned that Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 will reach the end of support six months from now, on October 14. [...]

Microsoft warns of CPU spikes when typing in classic Outlook
2025-04-15 13:41

Microsoft warned Windows users of increased CPU usage when typing while using recent versions of the classic Outlook email client. [...]

ActiveX blocked by default in Microsoft 365 because remote code execution is bad, OK?
2025-04-15 12:25

Stopping users shooting themselves in the foot with last century's tech Microsoft has twisted the knife into ActiveX once again, setting Microsoft 365 to disable all controls without so much as a prompt.…

Microsoft tells Windows users to ignore 0x80070643 WinRE errors
2025-04-14 13:28

Microsoft says some users might see 0x80070643 installation failures when trying to deploy the April 2025 Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) updates. [...]