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Microsoft’s June 2026 Windows Update Puts a Hard Limit on HTTP Headers to Foil Denial-of-Service Attacks
Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update, released on June 9, 2026, arms Windows administrators with a new registry setting that caps the number of HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 request headers the kernel-mode...
Patch CVE-2026-41089: Prioritize Internet-Facing Domain Controllers First
Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday brought a stark reminder that network topology matters as much as patch speed. Among the 60+ vulnerabilities fixed this month, CVE-2026-41089 stands out—a...
ReliaQuest Exposes OP-512: Chinese Hackers Use Modular IIS Web Shells to Steal Credentials
A sophisticated three-part web shell framework, linked to Chinese threat actors and tracked as OP-512, is actively compromising Internet Information Services (IIS) servers, according to research...
IAKerb & LocalKDC in Windows 11 Kill NTLM Fallbacks
Microsoft is arming upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds with two new Kerberos authentication extensions—IAKerb and LocalKDC—designed to finally sever the long-standing...
iWebFusion June 2026 Clearance: Save 70% on Bare-Metal Intel, AMD & Windows Servers
iWebFusion’s June 2026 clearance sale has landed, dumping a massive fleet of bare‑metal dedicated servers onto the market at prices that snap heads back. The lineup spans everything from...
Patch Critical Netlogon RCE Flaw on Domain Controllers Now
Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday rollout included a fix for CVE-2026-41089, a critical vulnerability in the Windows Netlogon service that could let attackers execute arbitrary code on domain...
AWS Guide Revolutionizes Windows EC2 Bootstrapping with Event-Driven Automation
AWS dropped a bombshell of automation goodness for Windows Server administrators on June 1, 2026, releasing a detailed technical guide that redefines EC2 instance bootstrapping. The guide, "Advanced...
Lightbits 3.19.1 validated with Windows Server NVMe-oF initiator preview, enabling native NVMe/TCP block storage over Ethernet.
Lightbits Labs announced on May 28, 2026, that its version 3.19.1 software has validated early interoperability with Microsoft’s Windows Server NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMe-oF) Initiator Preview. The...
Consultant Risks Domain Corruption by Cloning Windows Server 2019/2022 Without Sysprep
A consultant recently sparked debate after claiming to have changed duplicate SIDs on cloned Windows Server 2019 and 2022 machines using Wittytool Disk Clone instead of the traditional Sysprep or...
CVE-2026-41095: Microsoft Patches Elevation of Privilege in Windows Server Deduplication
Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered a crucial fix for an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability buried in one of the operating system’s most unassuming storage features. CVE-2026-41095,...
Microsoft Faces UK Class Action Over Windows Server Cloud Licensing Practices
Microsoft is defending itself in a UK courtroom against allegations that its cloud licensing policies unfairly disadvantage competitors and inflate costs for businesses running Windows Server on...
Microsoft Faces £2.1B UK Lawsuit Over Windows Server Pricing and Azure Licensing Practices
Microsoft is confronting a £2.1 billion collective action lawsuit in the UK that could fundamentally reshape how the company licenses Windows Server and positions Azure against competitors like AWS....