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Microsoft April 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 167 flaws, 2 zero-days
Today is Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 167 flaws, including 2 zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also addresses eight “Critical” vulnerabilities, 7 of which are remote code execution flaws and the other is a denial of service flaw. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: When GeekFeed reports on […]
Microsoft rolls out fast-track to reinstate Windows hardware dev accounts
Microsoft has rolled out a fast-track process to help developers regain access to accounts recently suspended from its Windows Hardware Program, following widespread complaints that they were locked out without warning. Last week, the company suspended Windows Hardware Developer accounts used to publish Windows drivers and updates for widely used tools like WireGuard, VeraCrypt, MemTest86, and Windscribe. The suspensions […]
Google Chrome adds infostealer protection against session cookie theft
Google has rolled out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) protection in Chrome 146 for Windows, designed to block info-stealing malware from harvesting session cookies. macOS users will benefit from this security feature in a future Chrome release that has yet to be announced. The new protection has been announced in 2024, and it works by cryptographically linking […]
Microsoft suspends dev accounts for high-profile open source projects
Microsoft has suspended developer accounts used to maintain multiple high-profile open-source projects without proper notification and no way to quickly reinstate them, effectively blocking them from publishing new software builds and security patches for Windows users. The list of affected projects includes, but is not limited to, Virtual Private Network (VPN) software WireGuard, on-the-fly encryption […]
Microsoft rolls out fix for broken Windows Start Menu search
Microsoft has pushed a server-side fix for a known issue that broke the Windows Start Menu search feature on some Windows 11 23H2 devices. In a Windows release health update (WI1273488) seen by GeekFeed, Microsoft said these problems have affected only a small number of users since April 6 and are caused by a server-side […]
Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit
Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. Dubbed BlueHammer, the vulnerability was published by a security researcher discontent with how Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) handled the disclosure process. Since, the security issue has no official patch and there […]
Microsoft removes Support and Recovery Assistant from Windows
Microsoft has deprecated and removed the Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) command-line utility from all in-support versions of Windows updates starting March 10. SaRA is a free scriptable tool that helps troubleshoot and resolve common issues with Office, Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Windows by running a series of automated diagnostic tests on Windows 7, Windows […]
Man admits to locking thousands of Windows devices in extortion plot
A former core infrastructure engineer has pleaded guilty to locking Windows admins out of 254 servers as part of a failed extortion plot targeting his employer, an industrial company headquartered in Somerset County, New Jersey. According to court documents, 57-year-old Daniel Rhyne from Kansas City, Missouri, remotely accessed the company’s network without authorization using an administrator […]
Microsoft now force upgrades unmanaged Windows 11 24H2 PCs
Starting this week, Microsoft has begun force-upgrading unmanaged devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions to Windows 11 25H2. According to the company’s Lifecycle Policy site, Windows 11 24H2 will reach end of support in roughly six months, on October 13, 2026. Also known as the Windows 11 2025 Update, Windows 11 25H2 began rolling […]
New Windows 11 emergency update fixes preview update install issues
Microsoft released an out-of-band update to fix the March 2026 non-security preview update, which was pulled over the weekend due to installation issues. The optional cumulative update (KB5079391) was released on Thursday for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 systems, with 29 changes, including Smart App Control and Display improvements. However, right after it started rolling out, users […]