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Windows File Explorer NTLM Leak: CVE-2025-50154 Exposes Credentials in Stealthy Attacks
A single unassuming ZIP archive can now become a weapon to steal Windows credentials, thanks to a newly patched flaw in Windows File Explorer. Microsoft's March 11, 2025 Patch Tuesday update fixed a...
Windows AFD.sys Hit Again: Race Condition CVE-2025-49762 Opens Door to SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has disclosed yet another high-severity vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), this time a race condition tracked as CVE-2025-49762 that allows a...
CVE-2025-25005: The Windows Vulnerability Shrouded in Uncertainty and What Admins Must Do Now
The discovery of a new Windows vulnerability always triggers a scramble for details, but CVE-2025-25005 has presented an unusual challenge: the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) advisory...
Handwriting Just Got Real: Microsoft Adds Fountain and Brush Pens to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Microsoft has quietly ported two of OneNote’s most expressive digital inking tools—the Fountain pen and Brush pen—into Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, giving users a more natural,...
Critical 8.4 CVSS Flaws in Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt/Xenon/Argon Allow Code Execution via Malicious CAD Files
A CISA advisory published this week warns that multiple Ashlar‑Vellum professional CAD and 3D modeling applications harbor memory‑corruption vulnerabilities carrying a CVSS v4 base score of 8.4....
Windows 'No Internet' but Browsing Works? 3 Steps to Fix NCSI False Alarms
The yellow warning triangle over your network icon is a familiar frustration: Windows insists you have "No Internet access," yet your browser loads pages without a hitch. This deceptive indicator is...
OneNote Insider Finally Delivers Ctrl+Shift+V Plain Text Paste After 20+ Years
It’s a feature that most modern text editors have had for years, yet it took Microsoft more than two decades to bring it to OneNote: the ability to paste plain text with a simple keyboard shortcut....
Microsoft PowerToys Could Soon Flash a Green Halo on Your Screen Every Time You Copy Text
Copying text from a terminal window on Windows can be a gamble—you press Ctrl+C or right-click, but sometimes nothing lands on the clipboard, leaving you to paste stale or empty content into your...
When Ctrl+Alt+Arrow Fails: How to Rotate Your Screen on Windows (and Other Platforms)
A sudden sideways desktop can trigger panic, but on most Windows machines, a simple key combination restores order. When Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow fails to flip the display back to landscape, however, users...
Microsoft Sets August–September 2025 Deadline for PowerShell 2.0 Removal from Windows 11 and Server 2025
Microsoft will strip the long-deprecated PowerShell 2.0 engine from Windows 11 version 24H2 in August 2025, and from Windows Server 2025 the following month, closing a chapter that began with the...
Microsoft’s New Windows 365 Reserve Lends Cloud PCs When Employee Hardware Fails
Microsoft is preparing to let IT administrators instantly loan a temporary cloud computer to any employee whose primary device goes offline, breaks, or needs repair—without shipping a spare laptop....
Microsoft Patches Zero-Click LDAPNightmare Exploits That Crash Domain Controllers (CVE-2024-49112/49113)
SafeBreach Labs researchers dropped a bombshell at DEF CON with a zero-click exploit chain that weaponizes Windows LDAP protocol handling to crash Domain Controllers or, in the worst case, execute...