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June 2026 Secure Boot Expiry Looms as Microsoft Ships August Update for Windows 11 24H2
IT administrators have exactly nine months to overhaul firmware update workflows before Secure Boot certificates reach expiration in June 2026, a deadline Microsoft underscored in its August 2025...
KB5063878 Brings AI Enhancements and a Stark Reminder: Secure Boot Certificates Expire June 2026
The August 2025 security update for Windows 11 version 24H2, KB5063878, is more than a routine monthly patch — it’s a vehicle for Microsoft’s increasingly loud warning that Secure Boot...
Microsoft Pushes Phi Silica 1.2507.797.0 to AMD Copilot+ PCs as On-Device AI Matures
Microsoft released a new version of its on-device Phi Silica AI component—1.2507.797.0—to AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs on August 12, 2025, aiming to sharpen the local intelligence that runs directly...
Microsoft’s KB5065499 Update Fine-Tunes Image AI on Qualcomm Copilot+ PCs, But What’s Really Changing?
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Surface Pro 11 and Laptop 7 Snapdragons Now Get 80% Battery Limit Right in the Surface App
Microsoft quietly dropped a firmware update on August 7, 2025, that gives Snapdragon-powered Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 owners something they’ve been missing: a one-click 80% charge limit...
Intel Macs Can't Fake Windows 11's Secure Boot and TPM: Here's Why
Windows 11's hard requirements for UEFI Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 have left many Intel Mac owners in a bind. A recent MacRumors forum post asked if a boot manager like RefindPlus could "spoof" Secure...
CISA Alerts to Critical EG4 Inverter Flaws That Expose Solar Infrastructure to Remote Sabotage
A cluster of high-severity vulnerabilities in every major EG4 Electronics solar inverter model has set off alarm bells across the global energy sector, with the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure...
Four Yealink IP Phone Vulnerabilities Expose Enterprise VoIP to Brute-Force and Certificate Attacks
Four newly disclosed security vulnerabilities in Yealink’s widely deployed IP phones and cloud-based Redirect and Provisioning Service (RPS) have thrust business communications security into urgent...
Critical Authentication Bypass in Burk ARC Solo Exposes Broadcast Systems to Remote Takeover
A critical vulnerability in Burk Technology's ARC Solo remote site controller allows attackers to change the device password without any credentials, enabling full device takeover and raising alarms...
CISA Drops 10 ICS Advisories: Flaws Threaten Delta, JCI, EG4 Inverters and Critical Infrastructure
A flood of industrial vulnerabilities hit the cybersecurity landscape last week as the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) dropped ten Industrial Control Systems (ICS)...
Packet Power ICS Flaw Lets Attackers Seize Control of Energy Grids Without Login
A remotely exploitable authentication bypass in Packet Power’s energy monitoring devices has thrust the industrial control system (ICS) world into an urgent patching cycle. Designated...
The Evolution of Windows 11 Hardware Requirements: Community Workarounds, Risks, and Future Outlook
The recent evolution of Windows 11’s deployment strategy has dramatically reshaped the operating system’s public narrative, particularly around the contentious topic of hardware requirements....