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CISA Flags Actively Exploited Citrix NetScaler CVE-2025-7775, Demands Urgent Patch
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-7775, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog after...
CIQ’s Hardened Rocky Linux Hits AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplaces
CIQ’s security-hardened Rocky Linux distribution is now available on the AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud marketplaces, marking a significant step toward reducing the manual effort enterprises expend...
Windows 10's Final Countdown: IT Providers Warn of Security Risks as October 2025 Deadline Looms
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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...
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...
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....
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...
Windows 11 Autopilot Devices Now Get Quality Updates During OOBE
Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant change to Windows 11 provisioning: eligible devices can now receive the latest quality and security updates during the out-of-box experience (OOBE),...
Windows Server 2016 Support Ends January 2027: Your Migration and ESU Survival Guide
Microsoft will stop delivering security updates for Windows Server 2016 on January 12, 2027, a hard deadline that puts organizations at immediate risk of zero-day attacks, ransomware, and regulatory...
Patch Tuesday Deluge: Digest Auth RCE (CVE-2025-21294) Puts IIS Servers at Risk
Administrators running Internet-facing Windows IIS servers must immediately disable Digest Authentication to block a newly discovered remote code execution vulnerability, CVE-2025-21294, confirmed by...
Windows Server 2025 Upgrades Threatened by Lingering IIS and WSUS Misconfigurations
A recent technical report in International Daily News has cast a spotlight on the brittle relationship between three backbone components of the Microsoft server ecosystem—Internet Information...
CISA Flags Urgent Patches for Exploited Citrix Session Recording and Git Flaws
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on August 25, 2025, signaling active exploitation of flaws...