Articles from May 2026
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EU Windows Autopatch bug forced driver updates past admin approval locks
Microsoft has resolved a bug in Windows Autopatch that improperly bypassed manual driver approval policies for Windows 11 devices located in the European Union. The flaw caused a subset of...
Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery to Automatically Fix Bad Drivers via Windows Update
Microsoft dropped a bombshell for Windows users on May 12, 2026: a new Windows Update feature called Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery that can automatically roll back faulty drivers to known-good...
Windows Update Driver Downgrade Bug Gets Microsoft Fix Timeline Through 2027
Windows Update has been silently replacing manually installed, up-to-date graphics drivers with older versions distributed by OEMs, Microsoft confirmed this week. The company acknowledged the...
Siemens CVE-2025-40833: Patch Now to Prevent OT Denial-of-Service Outages
On May 14, 2026, Siemens and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) jointly warned that a high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2025-40833, affects a broad spectrum of Siemens...
Siemens HMI Flaw CVE-2026-27662: Patch to V21 or Risk SYSTEM Takeover
Siemens, together with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), disclosed a high-severity vulnerability—tracked as CVE-2026-27662—on May 12–14, 2026, affecting its...
Siemens SIMATIC S7 Web Server XSS Bugs Risk Industrial Plant Takeovers
Siemens and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued urgent advisories on May 12 and May 14, 2026, respectively, warning that the integrated web server in multiple...
Siemens Ruggedcom ROX Bug Lets Attackers Read Root Files—Update to 2.17.1 Now
Siemens and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned on May 12 and 14, 2026, respectively, that multiple models of the company’s Ruggedcom ROX industrial networking...
Siemens Patches Critical Opcenter RDnL Flaw Allowing Rogue Federation
CISA has reissued a high-severity security alert for CVE-2026-27446, an authentication bypass vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis that leaves Siemens Opcenter RDnL deployments wide open to rogue...
Siemens SENTRON 7KT PAC1261 Patch 2.1.0 Fixes Critical HTTP Smuggling Flaw
Siemens has released firmware version 2.1.0 for the SENTRON 7KT PAC1261 Data Manager to fix a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.1) that allows attackers to steal authorization tokens from the device’s...
Microsoft Copilot Global Outage on May 14, 2026 Hits Millions with Errors and Slow Loads
Microsoft’s Copilot services buckled on Thursday, May 14, 2026, leaving millions of users staring at error messages, sluggish responses, and blank screens. The widespread disruption lasted for over...
Edge Drops Copilot Mode for Three Opt-In AI Tools with Privacy Dashboard
Microsoft Edge is sunsetting its year-old Copilot Mode, replacing it with a trio of AI capabilities that can analyze open tabs, tap into browsing history, and operate under stricter privacy controls....
Critical Solid Edge SE2026 PAR File Parsing Flaws Fixed: Install Update 5 Immediately (CVE-2026-44411/44412)
Siemens released a critical security update for Solid Edge SE2026 on May 12, addressing two newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the software’s PAR file parser. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-44411...