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Microsoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,411 flaws, 3 zero-days
Today is Microsoft’s October 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates addressing a record-breaking 1,411 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday addresses 70 “Critical” vulnerabilities, 57 of which are remote code execution, 11 are elevation of privileges, and 2 are spoofing. The approximate number of bugs in each […]
Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5126657 extended security update
Microsoft released the Windows 10 KB5126657 extended security update, which includes this month’s record-breaking October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes and a few bug fixes and changes. If you are running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC or are enrolled in the ESU program, you can install this update like normal by going into Settings, clicking on Windows […]
Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reached end of support
Microsoft announced today that devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions have reached the end of support and will no longer receive monthly security and non-security preview updates. However, according to Microsoft’s lifecycle policy, Windows 11 24H2 Enterprise and Education editions remain under mainstream support until October 12, 2027. “Today, October 13, 2026, […]
Microsoft: Windows 11 23H2 reaches end of support in 30 days
Microsoft has reminded customers that systems running Windows 11 23H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates next month. The announcement follows the end of support for Windows 11 23H2 Home and Pro editions in November 2025. Users are now advised to upgrade to Windows 11 26H2 (also known as the […]
Microsoft: Outdated Windows devices will stop receiving security updates
Microsoft says devices running unsupported versions of Windows will stop receiving security updates after next year’s Windows Update certificate rotation. To ensure devices keep receiving updates, admins and users must upgrade to a supported version of Windows before the Windows Update certificates expire in May and June 2027. “As a standard security practice, these certificates […]
Engineer sentenced for locking over 3,000 devices on employer network
A former core infrastructure engineer at an industrial company headquartered in New Jersey was sentenced to 32 months in prison for locking thousands of devices on his employer’s network in a ransomware-style attack. 57-year-old Daniel Rhyne from Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to his role in a failed extortion plot targeting the New Jersey company […]
Microsoft Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update. KB5124010 is an optional update that requires users to click the “Download and install” link, which should reduce the number of potentially affected Windows users. However, it installs automatically […]
Microsoft enables Windows settings backup by default for orgs
Microsoft announced that Windows settings backup and restore is now enabled by default on all Microsoft Entra-joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined enterprise systems upgraded to Windows 11 26H2. The Windows settings backup tool (formerly known as Windows Backup for Organizations) backs up and restores enterprise users’ Windows settings after a device is reset, replaced, upgraded, […]
Microsoft is rolling out Linux container support to WSL
Microsoft is taking Windows Subsystem for Linux beyond just running Linux distributions, as WSL Containers is now generally available. You can get the feature by running wsl –update, and once installed, there’s a new wslc.exe command-line tool. Microsoft also includes container.exe as an alias, so you can use more familiar container commands. “WSL containers CLI: […]
Microsoft plans to deprecate Windows Deployment Services
Microsoft announced it will deprecate the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) server role starting with the next Windows Server release. WDS is a revised version of Remote Installation Services (RIS) that lets IT administrators remotely install Windows operating systems on fleets of dozens or hundreds of computers over a network. After deprecating WDS in the next […]