Microsoft’s New Windows Tool Quietly Resets Chrome, Firefox, and Brave to Bing
A newly spotted Microsoft installer called MicrosoftSettings.exe pushes a browser extension that switches Chrome, Firefox, and Brave over to Bing search and the MSN homepage. Security researchers note...
Microsoft Confirms Entra ID Zero-Day Was Exploited Before the Fix Went Live
Microsoft has disclosed CVE-2026-69836, a maximum-severity deserialization flaw in Entra ID that attackers exploited in the wild before the company silently patched it server-side. There is no customer...
CISA Gives Agencies Until August 21 to Patch Actively Exploited Windows VPN Flaw
CISA has added a double-free memory corruption bug in Microsoft's Internet Key Exchange service extensions to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog after confirming active attacks, giving federal agencies...
Four Chained Flaws in Microsoft SCCM Let Any Domain User Seize Full Server Control
A newly disclosed exploit chain in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, tracked as CVE-2026-47301, lets a standard Active Directory user achieve remote code execution as SYSTEM on the...
Microsoft Is Merging Consumer and Enterprise Copilot — Security Teams Should Watch the Seams
Microsoft is consolidating its consumer and business Copilot apps into a single Microsoft 365 Copilot experience, reachable from a unified m365.cloud.Microsoft address. Microsoft insists personal and organizational data...
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday Closes 394 Flaws, Including One Zero-Day Already Under Attack
Microsoft's August 2026 security update addresses 394 vulnerabilities spanning Windows, Office, SharePoint, Azure, and developer tools, including three zero-days. One of them, a Windows kernel driver flaw tied...
How a Crafted SVG File Could Have Handed Attackers SYSTEM Access on Microsoft’s Bing Servers
Three critical, now-patched vulnerabilities in Microsoft's infrastructure show how an everyday image upload feature in Bing Images became a path to remote code execution as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM. Researchers...
Microsoft Ships KB5095189 Cumulative Update to Patch the Windows 11 Setup Experience
Microsoft's KB5095189 update patches the Windows 11 setup experience for versions 24H2 and 25H2. It carries no CVE, but enterprises relying on Autopilot-style provisioning should confirm devices aren't...