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Microsoft fixes Windows Hello authentication bypass vulnerability Microsoft has addressed a security feature bypass vulnerability in the Windows Hello authentication biometrics-based tech, letting threat actors spoof a target’s identity and trick the face recognition mechanism into giving them access to the system. According to Microsft, the number of Windows 10 Read more…

Microsoft July 2021 Patch Tuesday fixes 9 zero-days, 117 flaws Today is Microsoft’s July 2021 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes fixes for nine zero-day vulnerabilities and a total of 117 flaws, so Windows admins will be pulling their hair out as they scramble to get devices patched and secured. Microsoft Read more…

CISA orders federal agencies to patch Windows PrintNightmare bug A new emergency directive ordered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) orders federal agencies to mitigate the actively exploited Window Print Spooler vulnerability on their networks. CISA issued the Emergency Directive 21-04 after Microsoft released security updates on Friday to address the vulnerability dubbed PrintNightmare in all supported Read more…

Microsoft fixes Outlook crash issues when using Search bar Microsoft will roll out a fix for a known issue causing Outlook for Microsoft 365 to crash on systems where users attempted using the Search bar or Search Suggestions features. Starting February, users have reported encountering this bug on various online platforms, Read more…

Microsoft’s Windows Cloud PC service almost here – What we know so far In addition to Windows 11, Microsoft has been secretly working on a new Windows PC experience called ‘Cloud PC’ that allows business customers to run virtualized desktops in the cloud. Cloud PC is reportedly based on Azure and Read more…

Microsoft Removes Windows 11 Hack to Enable Windows 10 Start Menu Microsoft removed a registry hack in the latest preview build that allowed Windows 11 users to revert to the “Classic” Windows 10 Start Menu. When the Windows 11 preview build was leaked in June, one of the most significant Read more…

Microsoft: PrintNightmare Security Updates Work, Start Patching! Microsoft says the emergency security updates released at the start of the week correctly patch the PrintNightmare Print Spooler vulnerability for all supported Windows versions and urges users to start applying the updates as soon as possible. This clarified guidance comes after security Read more…

Microsoft Pushes Emergency Fix For Windows 10 KB5004945 Printing Issues Microsoft has released an emergency fix for printing issues affecting Zebra and Dymo receipt or label printers caused by changes in the recently released KB5003690, KB5004760, and KB5004945 updates. This week, Microsoft released the out-of-band KB5004760 and KB5004945 security update to fix Read more…

Microsoft: PrintNightmare Now Patched on All Windows Versions Microsoft has released the KB5004948 emergency security update to address the Windows Print Spooler PrintNightmare vulnerability on all editions of Windows 10 1607 and Windows Server 2016. “An update has now been released for all affected versions of Windows that are still Read more…

Microsoft’s Incomplete PrintNightmare Patch Fails to Fix Vulnerability Researchers have bypassed Microsoft’s emergency patch for the PrintNightmare vulnerability to achieve remote code execution and local privilege escalation with the official fix installed. Last night, Microsoft released an out-of-band KB5004945 security update that was supposed to fix the PrintNightmare vulnerability that researchers disclosed by accident Read more…