Security Alerts
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February Patch Tuesday: 4 zero-days exploited in wild, 55 bugs fixed including critical NTLM, Excel, DHCP flaws.
Microsoft's February 2025 Patch Tuesday has arrived with critical security updates addressing 55 vulnerabilities across Windows and other Microsoft products, including four zero-day flaws already...
VS Code JS Debug flaw CVE-2025-24042 lets attackers escalate privileges, patch now.
A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-24042) has been discovered in Microsoft's Visual Studio Code JS Debug extension, potentially allowing attackers to execute privilege escalation attacks....
CVE-2025-21373: Critical Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Windows Installer Explained
CVE-2025-21373: Elevation of Privilege in Windows Installer Exposed Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-21373) affecting the Windows Installer service across multiple...
Windows Core Messaging bug CVE-2025-21414 lets local attackers seize SYSTEM access
Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-21414) in Windows Core Messaging that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. This newly discovered...
CVE-2025-21322: Critical Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Microsoft PC Manager
CVE-2025-21322: Microsoft PC Manager Vulnerability Explained Microsoft has disclosed a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability (CVE-2025-21322) affecting its PC Manager utility, marking the...
CVE-2025-21254: Critical ICS Denial of Service Vulnerability in Windows - What You Need to Know
Microsoft has disclosed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-21254) in Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) that could allow attackers to trigger denial-of-service conditions on affected systems....
Microsoft Warns of DoS Attacks via Windows ICS Vulnerability CVE-2025-21216
Understanding CVE-2025-21216: ICS Vulnerability and Its Impact on Windows Users A newly discovered vulnerability, CVE-2025-21216, has raised concerns among Windows users and cybersecurity experts....
CVE-2025-21212: Critical Windows ICS Vulnerability Explained and Mitigation Strategies
CVE-2025-21212: Understanding Windows ICS Vulnerability and Its Risks A newly discovered vulnerability in Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service, tracked as CVE-2025-21212, has raised...
CVE-2025-21184: Critical Windows Core Messaging Flaw Exposes Systems to Privilege Escalation
CVE-2025-21184: New Elevation-of-Privilege Vulnerability in Windows Core Messaging Microsoft has disclosed a critical security vulnerability (CVE-2025-21184) in Windows Core Messaging that could...
CVE-2025-21181: Critical MSMQ Vulnerability Threatens Windows Systems with DoS Attacks
CVE-2025-21181: MSMQ Vulnerability Poses DoS Threat to Windows Systems Microsoft has disclosed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-21181) in the Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) service that could...
Malicious DHCP packets can crash all Windows 10, 11, and Server systems via CVE-2025-21179
CVE-2025-21179: New DoS Vulnerability in Windows DHCP Client Service Microsoft has disclosed a critical denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in the Windows DHCP Client service, tracked as...
CVE-2025-21400: Critical SharePoint Server RCE Vulnerability - Risks & Mitigation
CVE-2025-21400: SharePoint Server RCE Vulnerability Explained Microsoft has disclosed a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in SharePoint Server tracked as CVE-2025-21400, which could...