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Microsoft issues security advisory for IT admins managing Windows Domain Controllers

Usama Jawad — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:42:01 +0000

Microsoft is kicking off yet another hardening process for Domain Controllers (DCs) to patch a Kerberos vulnerability. Read more...

Microsoft announces surprise ESU programs for Skype for Business and Exchange

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has published advisories announcing Extended Security Update (ESUs) for some Skype and Exchange products, but there are many caveats. Read more...

Microsoft shares official Windows Registry tweak as the Spectre still haunts Intel in 2024

Sayan Sen — Sat, 13 Apr 2024 18:34:02 +0000

Remember the Spectre CPU vulnerability that reared its head for the first time in 2017? Variant 2 of Spectre is back, and as such, Microsoft has published guidance about the mitigation. Read more...

Microsoft doesn't really want customers to use the leaked Outlook client yet

Usama Jawad — Mon, 09 May 2022 09:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has recently published an advisory on one of its portals, encouraging customers to wait for the officially released version of the leaked Outlook client, with more features in tow. Read more...

Microsoft's PrintNightmare patch breaks printing for some... again

Usama Jawad — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:26:02 +0000

Microsoft has recently revealed that a KB update in August's Patch Tuesday effectively breaks printing for some organizations by repeatedly requiring admin credentials when printing. Read more...

Microsoft patches security vulnerability allowing data leaks in Azure Container Instances

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 06:08:02 +0000

Microsoft has patched a security flaw in the Azure Container Instances services that allowed data to leak across customers using the same clusters. Potentially affected customers have been notified. Read more...

Microsoft publishes advisory about the importance of keeping Exchange Server up to date

Usama Jawad — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a detailed advisory, recommending customers to keep their Exchange Server instances updated at all times and to plan maintenance windows to apply security patches. Read more...

Apple warns about having the iPhone 12 close to pacemakers

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:54:01 +0000

Apple has published a public advisory about iPhone 12 and MagSafe accessories, confirming that they emit relatively stronger electromagnetic fields which may interfere with critical medical devices. Read more...

Microsoft Security Advisory (926043) Remote Code Execution

Steven Parker — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 14:13:57 +0000

Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a vulnerability in supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Customers who are running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 in their default configurations, with the... Read more...

Microsoft Security Advisory (904420) MyWife

Steven Parker — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:22:56 +0000

Microsoft wants to make customers aware of the Mywife mass mailing malware variant named Win32/Mywife.E@mm. The mass mailing malware tries to entice users through social engineering efforts into opening an attached file in an e-mail... Read more...

Symantec Antivirus Heap Overflow Advisory

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:39:03 +0000

Security researcher Alex Wheeler has released an advisory that could potentially affect a large portion of Symantec's antivirus products including gateway, server, and client versions on most platforms. The flaw occurs during the decompression process... Read more...

VIRUS ADVISORY - W32/Lovgate.ab@MM

Steven Parker — Thu, 20 May 2004 08:20:06 +0000

Got this notice in my inbox this morning, so AV users need to patch up and people who don't have a AV scanner should get themselves scanned online for free. (links below) Like... Read more...

Safari advisory 'Extremely Critical'; Apple responds

Wed, 19 May 2004 11:52:22 +0000

The Safari vulnerability advisory issued yesterday by security firm, Secunia, was updated on Tuesday to "Extremely Critical" from its previous "highly critical" level. Even with the advisory upgrade, security analysts are not overly concerned about... Read more...

VIRUS ADVISORY - W32/Bagle.u@MM

Steven Parker — Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:29:33 +0000

The latest variant of W32/Bagle@MM, W32/Bagle.u@MM is a Medium Risk mass-mailing worm that:1) installs a dangerous backdoor Trojan-horse program that opens TCP port 4751, 2) opens the Windows game Hearts (if present on the system),... Read more...