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Windows Update downgrade attack “unpatches” fully-updated systems
SafeBreach security researcher Alon Leviev revealed at Black Hat 2024 that two zero-days could be exploited in downgrade attacks to “unpatch” fully updated Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server systems and reintroduce old vulnerabilities. Microsoft issued advisories on the two unpatched zero-days (tracked as CVE-2024-38202 and CVE-2024-21302) in coordination with the Black Hat talk, […]
July Windows Server updates break Remote Desktop connections
Microsoft has confirmed that July’s security updates break remote desktop connections in organizations where Windows servers are configured to use the legacy RPC over HTTP protocol in the Remote Desktop Gateway. “Windows Servers might affect Remote Desktop Connectivity across an organization if legacy protocol (Remote Procedure Call over HTTP) is used in Remote Desktop Gateway. […]
CrowdStrike update crashes Windows systems, causes outages worldwide
A faulty component in the latest CrowdStrike Falcon update is crashing Windows systems, impacting various organizations and services across the world, including airports, TV stations, and hospitals. The glitch is affecting Windows workstations and servers, with users reporting massive outages that took offline entire companies and fleets of hundreds of thousands of computers. According to […]
Windows 11 Update 23H2 is now in broad deployment after fixing critical bugs
Per Microsoft’s official Windows Release Health page for Windows 11 Version 23H2, it seems that the so-called 2023 Update is finally “broadly available” to all Windows 11 users with eligible devices, here in July 2024. This update’s release has been marred with some severe crashing and boot loop issues, particularly impacting users of virtualization software […]
The latest Windows 11 update might just trap you in a boot loop of virtualised doom
Thankfully, this should only be a problem for virtualised environments that installed the optional update. Microsoft has confirmed what might initially seem to be a mildly, nay, arms-wavingly alarming issue with a recent Windows 11 preview build. Namely, installing it “might cause devices to restart repeatedly,” requiring “recovery operations in order to restore normal use.” […]