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ClickFix: The Attack That Talks You Into Hacking Yourself
Microsoft says the fake 'prove you're not a robot' trick was the single most common way criminals broke into companies last year. The clever bit is that the victim does the hard work.
TerminalFix: The Fake CAPTCHA That Opens a Back Door Into Company Networks
Microsoft has spotted a new twist on the ClickFix scam that pushes victims to paste attacker commands straight into Windows Terminal, ending with a hidden tunnel into the internal network.
Microsoft Exchange Online buckles: email delays, sign-in errors hit tens of thousands
Microsoft says it has spotted a shared authentication fault behind a widespread Exchange Online outage causing missing emails and login failures.
Microsoft: Ignore the 'Antivirus Is Off' Warnings in Defender, It's a False Alarm
A bad notification, not a broken product. Microsoft says Defender is running normally despite pop-ups claiming otherwise, and a fix is on the way.
Microsoft Blocks a Rogue RGB Driver That Was Crashing Windows 11 Gaming PCs
A tiny driver bundled with RGB lighting peripherals was knocking Windows 11 machines offline mid-game. Microsoft is now shipping a block for it.
Windows 11 to Let Users Approve Camera and Microphone Access App by App
Microsoft is testing per-app privacy toggles in a Windows 11 Insider build, moving desktop software closer to the consent prompts phones have used for years.
Microsoft says the patching window is shrinking fast. Here is what that means for ordinary people.
Software flaws are being turned into working attacks within hours of being made public. Microsoft says companies can no longer patch their way out fast enough, and is pushing a network-level defensive layer to buy time.
Microsoft Teams gets a new switch that kicks uninvited bots out of meetings
Admins can now auto-block external bots from joining Teams calls, closing a quiet side door that attackers have been probing.
Microsoft's August .NET patch broke printing in Windows apps. Here's what to do.
A security fix shipped this month is causing crashes when Windows Presentation Foundation apps try to print or export to PDF using common fonts like Calibri.
Microsoft Pushes 22 Security Fixes, Six Rated Maximum Severity
A batch of patches covers Microsoft's cloud and identity products, with six flaws scoring a perfect 10 out of 10 on the severity scale. Most fixes apply automatically, but one Defender vulnerability is still waiting for a patch.
Microsoft Confirms Critical Entra ID Flaw Was Exploited, Says No Customer Action Needed
Redmond patched a perfect-10 remote code execution bug in its cloud identity service and says the fix was applied on its side.
Microsoft probes Windows 11 August update after gamers report crashes in ARC Raiders and The Finals
KB5121003 is under investigation after players on 24H2 and 25H2 reported freezes, access-violation errors and sudden reboots.
Windows Defender Crashed Mid-Scan After Buggy Update, Microsoft Ships Fix
A faulty signature update knocked out Microsoft's built-in antivirus on Windows 10 and 11 machines this week, leaving scans failing and some users reinstalling their operating system before a patch arrived.
Microsoft trims Windows 11 right-click menu and retires a tool long abused by hackers
Faster File Explorer and a cleaner context menu land in Insider builds, while WMIC, a command-line tool ransomware crews have leaned on for years, gets pulled from Windows 11.
Microsoft pulls a 30-year-old Windows tool that hackers loved
WMIC, a command-line utility abused by ransomware crews to wipe backups and disable antivirus, is gone from fresh installs of Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2.