Security News
Microsoft has acknowledged a new known issue causing this month's KB5037765 security update for Windows Server 2019 to fail to install with 0x800f0982 errors. This confirmation comes after many Windows admins reported seeing install failures when trying to deploy cumulative updates released during the May 2024 Patch Tuesday on Windows Server 2019 systems.
Financially motivated cybercriminals abuse the Windows Quick Assist feature in social engineering attacks to deploy Black Basta ransomware payloads on victims' networks. During this voice phishing attack, the attackers trick the victims into granting them access to their Windows devices by launching the Quick Assist built-in remote control and screen-sharing tool.
"Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update or the April 2024 non-security preview update," Redmond explains on the Windows health dashboard. The list of impacted Windows versions includes Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2008 and later.
Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing NTLM authentication failures and domain controller reboots after installing last month's Windows Server security updates. [...]
Microsoft has fixed a zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks to deliver QakBot and other malware payloads on vulnerable Windows systems. Kaspersky security researchers discovered the vulnerability while investigating another Windows DWM Core Library privilege escalation bug tracked as CVE-2023-36033 and also exploited as a zero-day in attacks.
Microsoft has released the KB5037768 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2 with twenty changes, including account notifications in the Start Menu and Widgets on the lock screen. KB5037768 is a mandatory Windows 10 cumulative update containing Microsoft's May 2024 Patch Tuesday security updates.
Microsoft is rolling out the KB5037771 cumulative update for Windows 11 23H3 with thirty bug fixes and changes, including a fix for a bug breaking VPN connections. To install the KB5037771 update, go to Start > Settings > Windows Update and click 'Check for Updates.
Microsoft has confirmed that last month's Windows Server security updates may also cause domain controller reboots after the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service process crashes. "In rare instances, Windows Servers running the Domain Controller role might experience Local Security Authority Subsystem Service crashes resulting in a reboot," Microsoft explains in a new update added to the Windows release health dashboard.
Microsoft is testing showing memory speeds as MT/s rather than MHz in the Windows 11 Task Manager. MHz represents how many millions of cycles per second a memory module can perform, with each cycle being an action conducted on the memory module, such as storing and retrieving data.
Microsoft has confirmed that it won't provide an automated fix for a known issue causing 0x80070643 errors when installing recent Windows Recovery Environment updates. Microsoft first acknowledged this known issue in January, days after widespread reports from Windows users of 0x80070643 errors and the installation failing.