Security News

Windows 11 will finally give you greater control over HDR features
2024-08-16 11:22

Microsoft has released Windows 11 Build 27686 with some hidden HDR-related changes. [...]

New Windows IPv6 Zero-Click Vulnerability
2024-08-16 11:07

As Microsoft explained in its Tuesday advisory, unauthenticated attackers can exploit the flaw remotely in low-complexity attacks by repeatedly sending IPv6 packets that include specially crafted packets. Microsoft also shared its exploitability assessment for this critical vulnerability, tagging it with an "Exploitation more likely" label, which means that threat actors could create exploit code to "Consistently exploit the flaw in attacks."

Microsoft removes FAT32 partition size limit in Windows 11
2024-08-15 21:53

Microsoft removed today an arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in the latest Windows 11 Canary build, now allowing for a maximum size of 2TB. [...]

Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled, patch now
2024-08-14 20:51

Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems with IPv6...

Zero-click Windows TCP/IP RCE impacts all systems with IPv6 enabled
2024-08-14 20:51

Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems with IPv6...

Microsoft retires Windows updates causing 0x80070643 errors
2024-08-14 18:31

Microsoft has retired several Windows security updates released during the January 2024 Patch Tuesday that have been causing 0x80070643 errors when installing Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)...

New Windows SmartScreen bypass exploited as zero-day since March
2024-08-13 22:43

Today, Microsoft revealed that a Mark of the Web security bypass vulnerability exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass SmartScreen protection was patched during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday. [...]

Windows Server August updates fix Microsoft 365 Defender issue
2024-08-13 21:00

The August 2024 Windows Server updates fix a known issue that breaks multiple Microsoft 365 Defender features after installing last month's security updates. [...]

Windows 11 KB5041585 cumulative update released with fixes, new features
2024-08-13 17:36

Microsoft has released the KB5041585 cumulative update for Windows 11 23H2, which includes many improvements and changes, including the ability to directly drag apps from the Pinned section of the...

Windows 10 KB5041580 update released with 14 fixes, security updates
2024-08-13 17:20

Microsoft has released the KB5041580 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 10 21H2, which includes 14 changes and fixes, including BitLocker fixes and important security updates. [...]