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Threat Intelligence

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 the old WMIC command tool, a favourite of attackers, gets pulled from Windows 11.

4 min read
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Vulnerabilities

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.

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