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Microsoft confirms game audio issues on Windows 11 24H2 PCs
Microsoft has confirmed a new issue affecting Windows 24H2 systems and causing game audio to unexpectedly increase to full volume when using USB DAC sound systems. As the company explained in a support document published on Tuesday, this known issue occurs on Windows 24H2 gaming systems where affected gamers use a Creative Sound BlasterX G6 USB digital audio […]
Microsoft now testing hotpatch on Windows 11 24H2 and Windows 365
Microsoft announced today that hotpatching of security updates is now also available in preview on Windows 365 and Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 client devices. Windows Hotpatch has been available for Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition since February 2022, initially generally available for Windows Server Azure Edition core virtual machines, and in public preview for Windows Server 2025 since […]
Microsoft shares more details on Windows 11 admin protection
Microsoft has shared more details about the new Windows 11 administrator protection security feature, which is available in preview and uses Windows Hello authentication prompts to block access to critical system resources. First introduced last month in a preview build for Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary Channel, admin protection is designed to “protect free floating admin […]
Microsoft launches Zero Day Quest hacking event with $4 million in rewards
Microsoft announced today at its Ignite annual conference in Chicago, Illinois, that it’s expanding its bug bounty programs with Zero Day Quest, a new hacking event focusing on cloud and AI products and platforms. The Zero Day Quest starts today with a research challenge where submissions of vulnerabilities for specific scenarios can earn multiplied bounty awards and […]
Microsoft 365 Admin portal abused to send sextortion emails
The Microsoft 365 Admin Portal is being abused to send sextortion emails, making the messages appear trustworthy and bypassing email security platforms. Sextortion emails are scams claiming that your computer or mobile device was hacked to steal images or videos of you performing sexual acts. The scammers then demand from you a payment of $500 […]
Microsoft pulls Exchange security updates over mail delivery issues
Microsoft has pulled the November 2024 Exchange security updates released during this month’s Patch Tuesday because of email delivery issues on servers using custom mail flow rules. The company announced it pulled the updates from Windows Update and the Download Center following widespread reports from admins saying that email had stopped flowing altogether. This issue affects customers using transport rules (also known […]
Microsoft just killed the Windows 10 Beta Channel again
Microsoft has shut down the Windows 10 Beta Channel and will move all enrolled Windows Insiders to the Release Preview Channel. This comes after the company reopened the Windows 10 beta channel in early June, releasing the first Beta build three years after the last such build was rolled out to Windows 10 Insiders in 2021. “To bring new […]
Microsoft patches Windows zero-day exploited in attacks on Ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers were caught exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability as a zero-day in ongoing attacks targeting Ukrainian entities. The security flaw (CVE-2024-43451) is an NTLM Hash Disclosure spoofing vulnerability reported by ClearSky security researchers, which can be exploited to steal the logged-in user’s NTLMv2 hash by forcing connections to a remote attacker-controlled server. […]
Microsoft fixes bugs causing Windows Server 2025 blue screens, install issues
Microsoft has fixed several bugs that cause install, upgrade, and Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) issues on Windows Server 2025 devices with a high core count. The symptoms include Windows Server 2025 installation or upgrading processes failing or hanging, as well as server boot and restarts taking as much as three hours (or even more […]
Microsoft Exchange adds warning to emails abusing spoofing flaw
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity Exchange Server vulnerability that allows attackers to forge legitimate senders on incoming emails and make malicious messages a lot more effective. The security flaw (CVE-2024-49040) impacts Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, and was discovered by Solidlab security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin, who reported it to Microsoft earlier this year. “The problem is that […]