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The latest Firmware coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Patch Gap: Siemens SINAMICS S200 Drives Left Vulnerable as CISA Issues Warning on CVE-2025-40594
Siemens has disclosed a privilege‑escalation vulnerability in its widely‑deployed SINAMICS drive family that allows an attacker with local network access to trigger factory resets and alter...
Schneider Electric Patches Critical File-Access Flaw in Modicon M340, But OT Risk Lingers
Industrial operators managing Schneider Electric’s Modicon M340 programmable automation controllers (PACs) face an immediate security challenge after the disclosure of a vulnerability that allows...
Hidden Xbox Ally Video Reveals ASUS' Ambitious Zero Gravity Cooling—But Critical Claims Remain Unproven
A leaked, unlisted promotional video from ASUS has pulled back the curtain on the Xbox Ally's thermal engineering, showcasing a cooling system designed to perform regardless of how the device is...
Windows 10 End of Support: 60% of Corporate Devices Still Unready as October Deadline Hits
October 14, 2025, marks the definitive end of free security updates, feature patches, and technical support for Windows 10—but with barely months to go, up to 60% of corporate devices and 53% of...
Windows 11 24H2 Black Screen: How a Host Memory Buffer Bug Crashed SSDs and What Fixes Actually Work
The familiar Blue Screen of Death has turned black in Windows 11 24H2, but the real headache isn't the color—it's a Host Memory Buffer allocation change that sent certain NVMe SSDs into a 'Critical...
AirPods on Windows: Solving the Silent Earbud Mystery with Firmware and LE Audio
{ "title": "AirPods on Windows: Solving the Silent Earbud Mystery with Firmware and LE Audio", "content": "When one AirPod drops silent mid-song, the fix often lies in a hidden war between...
Windows 11 LE Audio Delivers Stereo Sound While Mic Is Active, Ending Decades-Old Frustration
The dreaded moment when a Bluetooth headset’s microphone activates and stereo sound collapses into garbled mono is about to become a relic for Windows 11 users. Microsoft has finally integrated...
Windows 95's Missing HLT Instruction: How Microsoft Avoided a Bricking Catastrophe
When veteran Windows developer Raymond Chen recently recalled Windows 95’s development, one story stood out: the team intentionally left out a single x86 instruction that could have saved precious...
Windows 10’s KB5065429 Update Opens the Consumer ESU Enrollment Door as End of Support Nears
Microsoft has pushed out KB5065429, the September 2025 cumulative update for Windows 10 22H2, and it arrives as more than just a standard security rollup — it’s the key that unlocks the consumer...
CISA Warns: Remote Attackers Can Brick Rockwell ControlLogix 5580 Controllers — Patch Immediately
A critical flaw in Rockwell Automation’s ControlLogix 5580 programmable logic controllers can be exploited over the network to trigger a ‘major nonrecoverable fault,’ effectively bricking the...
CISA Releases 14 ICS Advisories: Urgent Patches for Rockwell, Schneider, and EG4 Inverter Flaws
{ "title": "CISA Releases 14 ICS Advisories: Urgent Patches for Rockwell, Schneider, and EG4 Inverter Flaws", "content": "The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on September...
CISA Warns: Rockwell 1783-NATR Vulnerable to Remote Memory Corruption, Patch Now to v1.007
Rockwell Automation has released an urgent firmware update after the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that a memory allocator bug in the 1783-NATR device could...