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Critical Windows RRAS Flaw CVE-2025-54097 Exposes VPN Server Memory: Patch Immediately
Microsoft has issued a security update addressing CVE-2025-54097, a critical information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that allows remote attackers...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2025-53798: RRAS Memory Leak Exposes VPN Gateways to Data Theft
Microsoft has released a vendor update to patch CVE-2025-53798, an information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that allows an attacker to read...
Windows RRAS Out-of-Bounds Read Flaw Exposes Memory to Remote Attackers
Microsoft has confirmed a memory disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive information from...
Critical RRAS Flaw Exposes VPN Gateways to Remote Memory Leaks — Patch Immediately
A remote information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) received an out-of-band advisory from Microsoft this week, warning that attackers can siphon...
Critical RRAS Memory Leak CVE-2025-53797 Puts VPN Gateways at Risk – Patch Immediately
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could allow unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive...
Microsoft Ships Audit-First SMB Hardening to Discover Incompatible Clients Before Enforcement
Microsoft has rolled out built‑in auditing for two critical SMB server hardening features—signing and Extended Protection for Authentication (EPA)—giving administrators a safe,...
Windows Server 2025 on Dedicated Hardware in Mumbai? Onlive Server's DSX Line Demands a Hard Look
Onlive Server has thrown open the doors on a new range of India-based dedicated servers, pitching entry-level Xeon-powered machines with NVMe storage out of a Tier-III Mumbai data center for an...
IIS on Windows Server: Three Paths to a Hardened Web Host and When to Use Each
When it comes to standing up a web server on Windows, Internet Information Services (IIS) has been the default answer for decades. Yet, despite its deep integration into Windows Server, the role...
Windows August Update Breaks App Installs: UAC Prompts and Error 1730 Plague Non-Admin Users
Microsoft’s August 2025 Patch Tuesday rollout has created a widespread headache for IT administrators. The cumulative update, identified as KB5063878 for several Windows 11 channels, introduced a...
Uncovering Every Windows Server Logon: A Practical Guide to Tools, Automation, and Forensic Auditing
Windows Server administrators juggle a dozen utilities to answer one deceptively simple question: Who is logged on right now? The answer matters because orphaned Remote Desktop sessions eat CPU...
Inside California's Urgent Hunt for Cybersecurity, Database, and IT Architecture Leaders
Three high-profile public-sector IT recruitments announced in early September 2025—at the California Department of Technology (CDT), the Franchise Tax Board (FTB), and the Superior Court of Santa...
ESET Uncovers GhostRedirector: Silent IIS Backdoor Drives SEO Fraud on 65+ Windows Servers
At least 65 internet-facing Windows servers have been quietly conscripted into an SEO fraud network, each one armed with a stealthy backdoor and a malicious IIS module that feeds manipulated content...