Articles from August 2025
Browse all Windows news articles published in August 2025
Microsoft Adds Quality Updates to Windows OOBE for Entra Devices—But Admins Must Tread Carefully
Microsoft is giving enterprise IT teams a long-awaited lever to close the day-one patching gap: the ability to install Windows quality updates during the Out-Of-Box Experience itself. Starting with...
Flyoobe 1.5 Unifies Windows 11 Bypass, Media Creation, and OOBE Customization in One Tool
The tool that once simply helped skirting Windows 11’s hardware checks has grown up. Flyoobe 1.5 arrives not as a mere updater bypass, but as a unified installation and Out-Of-Box Experience (OOBE)...
Z-Cron Tightens Password Security as Windows Task Scheduler Alternatives Gain Momentum
Z-Cron, a lightweight yet dependable task scheduler for Windows, recently rolled out an important security update: its internal password storage has been overhauled, requiring users to re-enter saved...
Microsoft’s B2B Ad Gambit: Inside LinkedIn’s Creator Monetization and AI Integration Strategy
Microsoft’s advertising ambitions are no longer a sideshow. On August 25, 2025, Reuters reported that LinkedIn’s BrandLink program—an evolution of its Wire initiative—has expanded to include...
Microsoft’s 1.3 Billion Agent Projection Sparks Urgent Security Overhaul with Entra Agent ID and MCP Governance
Microsoft expects more than 1.3 billion AI agents to be operating across enterprises by 2028—a staggering scale that demands a fundamental rethink of identity, access, and runtime security. The...
Amazon Leak Reveals Logitech MX Master 4 With Haptic Sense, Actions Ring, and €129.99 Price
Logitech’s next flagship productivity mouse has surfaced in a comprehensive leak that details everything from its release date to a pair of new interaction features. According to a quickly pulled...
CISA Flags Zero-Day in INVT VT-Designer and HMITool: Remote Code Execution via Malicious Files
A zero-day vulnerability in INVT's VT-Designer and HMITool engineering software lets attackers run arbitrary code on industrial control system (ICS) workstations simply by tricking a user into...
INVT HMITool and VT-Designer Riddled with 9 RCE Vulnerabilities, Windows Industrial Systems at Risk
Nine high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities in INVT’s HMITool and VT-Designer engineering software are exposing Windows workstations in industrial environments to attacks through...
Schneider Electric Issues Emergency Firmware Fix for M340 PLC DoS Flaw (CVE-2025-6625)
Schneider Electric has released firmware updates to address a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in its Modicon M340 programmable logic controllers and associated communication modules....
Stalker 2 HDR Nightmare? Step-by-Step Fixes for Washed-Out Shadows and Missing Toggles
Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl delivers an atmosphere so thick you can almost taste the irradiated dust, but on many Windows rigs, the game's visuals are being sabotaged by a finicky HDR...
Windows 10 Security Updates End on October 14: Healthcare’s Looming Compliance and Insurance Crisis
October 14, 2025, is not just another date on Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar—it’s the day Windows 10 stops receiving security updates, and for healthcare organizations, that silence will be...
Microsoft’s Edge Survey Reveals Copilot’s Agentic Future: Automate Tasks Across Tabs
A user survey now circulating among Microsoft Edge users asks a pointed question: would you let an AI assistant read across your open tabs, extract data into Excel, fill out forms, and even draft...