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The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency has added to its catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities three security issues that affect Microsoft devices, a Sophos product, and an enterprise solution from Oracle. The KEV catalog contains flaws confirmed to be exploited by hackers in attacks and serves as a repository for vulnerabilities that companies all over should treat with priority.
Microsoft will roll out the Copilot AI-powered assistant to Windows 10 systems enrolled in the Insider Program over the coming months. Copilot in Windows was first introduced in September, initially available with Windows 11 22H2, and is now enabled by default automatically on Windows 11 23H2 devices.
Something likely to be absent from Microsoft's Ignite event is talk of a fix rolled out to deal with malfunctioning Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machines following a problematic update from the company. The culprit was the KB5031364 October update, which contained a variety of fixes and updates for Windows Server 2022, from changing the spelling of Ukraine's capital from Kiev to Kyiv to addressing issues with the Server Message Block service.
Cloud PCs give you access to Windows AI tools on any device, and Windows 365 now has AI-powered tools to help IT give users the right cloud PC for their needs. Microsoft is adding more AI tools to Windows, including Copilot on Windows 11, and giving developers more tools to create AI features of their own for Windows.
Microsoft fixed a known issue causing blue screens and boot failures in Windows Server 2022 virtual machines deployed on VMware ESXi hosts. The company confirmed the issue days later, saying it only affects guest VMs on VMware ESXi hosts with an AMD Epyc physical processor, the "Expose IOMMU to guest OS" VMware option toggled on, and Virtualization Based Security and System Guard Secure Launch enabled in Windows Server 2022.
Microsoft has released the KB5032190 cumulative update to fix security vulnerabilities in Windows 11. This is the first Patch Tuesday update that enables Windows 11 Moment 4 features for everyone.
Microsoft has released the KB5032189 cumulative update for Windows 10 21H2 and Windows 10 22H2, which contains eleven fixes for various issues. KB5032189 is a mandatory Windows 10 cumulative update containing the November 2023 Patch Tuesday security updates.
Data-wiping attacks are becoming more frequent on Israeli computers as researchers discovered variants of the BiBi malware family that destroys data on both Linux and Windows systems. A Linux version of the BiBi wiper was seen in late October by researchers at cybersecurity companies ESET and SecurityJoes, who noted that it was launched by pro-Hamas hacktivists.
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Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a Windows version of a wiper malware that was previously observed targeting Linux systems in cyber attacks aimed at Israel. Dubbed BiBi-Windows Wiper by BlackBerry, the wiper is the Windows counterpart of BiBi-Linux Wiper, which has been put to use by a pro-Hamas hacktivist group in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war last month.