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Hitachi Energy Patches 7 Flaws in RTU500 SCADA Devices That Could Cause Repeated Reboots
A just-published U.S. government advisory reveals seven distinct vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy’s RTU500 series remote terminal units—workhorses of the electrical grid—that can be triggered...
The Conficker Catastrophe: How a 2008 Patch Gap Created a 9-Million-Node Botnet
On October 23, 2008, Microsoft released an out‑of‑cycle emergency security update — MS08‑067 — to plug a critical wormable vulnerability in the Windows Server service. Three months later,...
Surface Hub v1 Faces Hard October 14 Deadline as Microsoft Blocks ESU for Windows 10 Team
In a stark advisory that has sent IT and AV teams scrambling, Microsoft has confirmed that Surface Hub v1 devices running Windows 10 Team edition will lose all support and Teams functionality on...
Countdown to Windows 10 EOL: Your 30-Day Migration Plan to Avoid Security Gaps
With fewer than 30 days remaining until Microsoft terminates all security updates for Windows 10, the window for orderly migration is slamming shut. October 14, 2025 marks the hard cutoff when the...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 2025: SMBs Face a Stark Choice Between Proactive Migration and Costly Chaos
Microsoft will pull the plug on free Windows 10 security updates, bug fixes, and technical support on October 14, 2025. That date is not a suggestion or a marketing scare tactic. It is a hard,...
No-Reboot Fix: Microsoft KB5066360 Hotpatch Resolves Hyper-V PSDirect Security Hole
Microsoft has released KB5066360, a hotpatch that corrects a critical handshake regression in PowerShell Direct without requiring a system restart. The update, which lands on eligible Windows Server...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
Millions of PCs Face Patch Cutoff as Windows 11 22H2, 23H2 Support Nears End
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 version 22H2 Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions will stop receiving security updates on October 14, 2025, while version 23H2 Home and Pro...
Windows 11 Insider Builds Surface Long-Awaited Keyboard Repeat Controls and Haptic Touchpad Overhaul
Microsoft’s methodical chipping away at the legacy Control Panel has unearthed two fresh treasures for input customization: a live keyboard repeat tester and a revamped haptic touchpad tuning page,...
Nine-Month Windows 11 24H2 Audio Block Lifted After Dirac Driver Update
After nine months of silence—literally—Microsoft has removed the compatibility safeguard hold that prevented certain devices from receiving the Windows 11 24H2 feature update. The block, imposed...
1,224 Vulnerabilities, 129+ PoCs: Inside the Patch Tuesday Deluge Threatening Enterprise and ICS Systems
Security teams faced a firestorm last Patch Tuesday as Cyble tracked 1,224 new vulnerabilities in a single week—more than 129 of them accompanied by public proof-of-concept code that accelerates...
Microsoft Lifts 9-Month Windows 11 24H2 Hold for Dirac Audio PCs
Microsoft has officially removed the compatibility hold that prevented thousands of PCs with Dirac Audio from installing Windows 11 version 24H2, ending a nearly nine–month upgrade freeze that...