Articles from July 15, 2026
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Windows 11 25H2: The Official Media Creation Tool Gets You a Bootable USB or ISO — Here’s How
Microsoft has refreshed its Windows 11 Media Creation Tool to deliver version 25H2, the 2025 Update, as of July 2026. The tool, available from the official Windows 11 download page, is the simplest...
Microsoft’s July 2026 Update Fixes Active Directory Certificate Services Flaw That Allows Remote Takeover—Patch Immediately
Microsoft shipped a critical patch on July 14, 2026, for a privilege-escalation vulnerability in Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) that could allow an attacker with a basic domain account...
New Windows Crypto Flaw Could Leak Sensitive Data Even From a Low-Privilege Account — Patch It Now
Microsoft’s monthly security update for July 2026 includes a fix for a vulnerability in Windows Secure Channel that could allow a locally authenticated attacker to extract sensitive information...
Critical Hyper-V EoP Flaw Fixed: Here’s Why You Must Patch Windows Now
Microsoft released its July 2026 security updates on Tuesday, fixing a critical elevation‑of‑privilege vulnerability in Windows Hyper‑V that could allow a locally authenticated attacker to...
Microsoft Closes Win32k Privilege-Escalation Hole with July 2026 Patches
Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday landed on July 14 with a fix for a local privilege escalation flaw in the Windows Win32k subsystem that could hand attackers full SYSTEM control of a vulnerable...
Windows Search Buffer Overflow Threatens Systems — New Patch Fixes Privilege Escalation Risk
Microsoft's July 14, 2026 security updates fix a heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Search that could allow attackers with a toehold on a PC or server to gain full system privileges. The flaw,...
July Windows Updates Shut Down XSS Vulnerability in AD FS That Could Aid Identity Spoofing
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 cumulative security updates fix a cross-site scripting flaw in Active Directory Federation Services that could let an already-privileged attacker spoof web content...
CVE-2026-54115: Microsoft Patch Fixes Windows Elevation Flaw With an Identity Crisis
Microsoft’s July 2026 security updates delivered a fix for CVE-2026-54115, an Important-rated elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that could let attackers hijack a Windows machine after gaining a...
Windows 11 Media Vulnerability Demands Immediate Patch—Low-Privilege Attackers Could Gain Full Control
Microsoft released its July 2026 security updates on Tuesday, closing a high-severity privilege escalation hole in Windows 11 that could let an attacker with even minimal local access hijack your...
Windows 11 July Update Fixes Media Flaw That Could Give Attackers Full System Control
Microsoft shipped an important security fix on July 14, 2026 that closes a privilege escalation hole in Windows Media on Windows 11. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50676, allows a locally...
Microsoft’s Business Surfaces Finally Get Snapdragon X2, With a Privacy Screen That Could Change Enterprise Laptop Buying
On July 15, Microsoft quietly opened orders for the long-awaited Snapdragon X2 configurations of its Surface Laptop for Business and Surface Pro for Business, ending the artificial divide that kept...
Windows 11 July Update Patches Hidden USB Print Driver Risk—Here’s Why You Must Install It
Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 Patch Tuesday release seals a privilege-escalation hole in the Windows USB Print Driver that sits silently on millions of PCs, even those without a printer attached. The...