Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Rockwell Automation Patches FactoryTalk Action Manager Vulnerability That Broadcasts API Tokens
Rockwell Automation has confirmed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability in its FactoryTalk Action Manager software that broadcasts reusable API tokens over local WebSocket channels,...
Microsoft Tests Cloud-Based Quick Machine Recovery in Windows 11 to Prevent Mass Outages
Microsoft has begun rolling out Quick Machine Recovery (QMR) to Windows Insiders, a cloud-assisted remediation feature designed to automatically fix unbootable Windows 11 PCs without manual...
Microsoft Pushes Emergency KIR to Fix Windows 11 24H2 Update Failures (0x80240069)
Microsoft has confirmed that the August 12, 2025 cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2, KB5063878, crashes the Windows Update service on enterprise endpoints managed by WSUS or SCCM, leaving them...
Siemens Patches Critical Remote Exploits in SINEC Management Suite and Embedded OS, Urging Immediate ICS Updates
Siemens has delivered patches for a cascade of high-severity vulnerabilities across its SINEC network management system and embedded operating system, fixing flaws that could allow attackers to...
CISA Flags Remotely Exploitable DoS Flaws in Rockwell FLEX 5000 Analog I/O Modules
{ "title": "CISA Flags Remotely Exploitable DoS Flaws in Rockwell FLEX 5000 Analog I/O Modules", "content": "Rockwell Automation’s widely deployed FLEX 5000 analog input modules contain two...
CISA Sounds Alarm on FactoryTalk Linx Flaw: A Single Env Variable Can Hand Over Full OT Driver Control
Industrial operators running Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Linx have been handed a high‑priority patch order this week. A vulnerability resurfaced by CISA on August 14, 2025, allows any...
CISA Warns: Rockwell ArmorBlock 5000 Flaws Allow Remote Session Hijack, Score Hits 8.8
Two high-severity vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation’s ArmorBlock 5000 I/O modules allow attackers to hijack web management sessions without credentials, CISA warned on August 14, 2025. The...
Siemens SINEC OS Advisory Exposes Over 100 Third-Party Kernel Flaws, Shifts Patch Burden to ProductCERT
Siemens has released a sprawling security advisory covering third-party components inside its SINEC operating system, cataloguing more than a hundred Linux kernel and userland vulnerabilities that...
CVE-2025-7353 Exposes Rockwell ControlLogix Ethernet Modules to Remote Memory and Execution Control
Rockwell Automation’s ControlLogix EtherNet/IP communication modules are vulnerable to a high-severity flaw that lets remote attackers dump and modify runtime memory, potentially hijacking device...
Windows 11 Notepad Right-Click Menu Gets Icon Bar for Core Edits, Copilot Intact
Microsoft has quietly begun rolling out a redesigned right-click menu for Notepad in Windows 11, bringing the legendary text editor into tighter alignment with the operating system’s modern context...
Siemens Urges Immediate Patch for SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager as Two New Flaws Threaten Industrial Operations
Siemens has released an urgent security advisory detailing two newly tracked vulnerabilities in its SIMATIC RTLS Locating Manager, the Windows-based server component that processes ultra-wideband tag...
Siemens Flags CVSS 8.5 DLL Hijacking in Web Installer, Urges Immediate Mitigation for ICS Products
Siemens has confirmed a severe vulnerability in its Web Installer used by the Online Software Delivery (OSD) mechanism, allowing attackers to hijack the installation process and execute arbitrary...