Articles from July 14, 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published on July 14, 2026
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Update Closes Remote Code Execution Hole (CVE-2026-50663)
Microsoft has shipped a critical security update for Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition to address a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow attackers to compromise a player’s...
July Patch Tuesday: Update Visual Studio Code Now to Fix Security Feature Bypass and More
Microsoft shipped fixes for a security feature bypass in Visual Studio Code on July 14, 2026, as part of a sprawling Patch Tuesday that also addresses three additional Important vulnerabilities in...
Windows 11's Hidden Upload Drain: Stop Delivery Optimization From Hogging Your Data
{ "title": "Windows 11's Hidden Upload Drain: Stop Delivery Optimization From Hogging Your Data", "content": "Windows 11 has a feature that could be quietly uploading gigabytes of data from your...
VS Code 1.128.1 Fixes Credential Leak in GitHub Copilot—Update Now
Microsoft has released Visual Studio Code 1.128.1 to patch a security vulnerability that could let attackers steal credentials from GitHub Copilot over a network. The update, published on July 14,...
Your ASP.NET OData APIs Are at Risk: Here’s How to Fix the New CVE-2026-50506 DoS Vulnerability
Microsoft has disclosed a remote denial-of-service vulnerability in two widely used OData library packages for ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core, enabling unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources...
ChatGPT Now Controls Windows Apps and Files: The New Security Reality Check
OpenAI dropped a major update to its Windows desktop app on July 9, unleashing ChatGPT Work—an AI agent that can reach into your installed applications, browser, and cloud services to execute...
Microsoft Patches Windows App Store Privilege Escalation Bug Affecting All Supported Versions
Microsoft's July 14, 2026 security updates close a local privilege escalation hole in the Windows App Store component that could hand attackers full system control if they already have a foot in the...
Immediate Action Required: Windows TCP/IP Data Leak Fixed in July 2026 Update (CVE-2026-49177)
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 security release shipped with a fix for CVE-2026-49177, an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows TCP/IP stack that could allow an attacker with network...
Microsoft Seals DNS Tampering Flaw in July Cumulative Update Rush
Microsoft delivered a security update on July 14, 2026, that plugs a local tampering vulnerability in the Windows DNS Client tracked as CVE-2026-49174. The Important-rated flaw, with a CVSS score of...
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday Slips In a Kernel Fix You Shouldn’t Overlook
Microsoft pushed out a sweeping set of security updates on July 14, 2026, and tucked inside the massive release is a fix for a Windows kernel bug that could hand an attacker the keys to your entire...
Windows FTP Flaw Earns a 9.8 CVSS Score – Microsoft Calls It ‘Important.’ Here’s Your Patch Plan.
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft patched a vulnerability in the Windows FTP Service that could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a server with no authentication. The flaw, dubbed...
July 2026 Windows Update Seals DNS Client Privilege Escalation Hole—Check Your Build Now
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered a fix for CVE-2026-49175, a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in the Windows DNS Client that earned a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and an Important...