Microsoft says September updates fix mouse settings reset issues
Microsoft has fixed a known issue that wiped mouse settings on some Windows 11 systems after installing the KB5120998 August 2026 preview update. [.
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Hackers Pose as IT Support to Hijack Microsoft 365 Accounts With Fake Passkey Alerts
Threat actors are impersonating corporate IT helpdesk staff in an active social-engineering campaign that hijacks Microsoft 365 identities, establishes MFA p...
12 Best Application Control & Allowlisting Tools Compared (2026): Features & Pricing
Quick Answer: For dedicated deny-by-default allowlisting, ThreatLocker and Airlock Digital lead in 2026; Microsoft WDAC/AppLocker is the free native option f...
The 12 Best Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mobile threat defence is included in appropriate Defender licensing, which means many organizations alrea...
The 12 Best Mobile Device Management (MDM) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Intune — included in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5. Best Apple pricing: Mosyle, with a free tier that genuinely works.
Microsoft fixes bug that wiped Windows desktop settings
Microsoft says the September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates fix a known issue causing desktop settings to be lost or reset on some Windows devices. [.
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows, N-able N-central, and Adobe flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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The 12 Best Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Solutions, Compared and Priced
Best value overall: Microsoft Intune — included in Microsoft 365 E3 and E5, which means most organizations reading this already own it. Best published pricin...
New ‘ShieldCrash’ Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender
The exploit provides full System privileges on Windows machines running the September 2026 patches. The post New ‘ShieldCrash’ Zero-Day Exploit Targets Micro...
Four Nation-State Actors Used the Same Chrome Zero-Day Exploit Kit Within 12 Days
Four espionage groups used the BlueMoon Chrome+Windows exploit kit within 12 days. Researchers suspect AI development.
China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome and Windows Zero-Days in BlueMoon Attacks
Researcher has discovered a rapidly spreading exploit kit called BlueMoon, which combines vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser with a Windows kernel privile...
Cybercriminals are building phishing pages that exist only inside victims’ browsers
A phishing campaign routes victims through genuine Microsoft OAuth and Teams infrastructure before showing them a fake login page built entirely inside their...
Threat Matrix: Mapping threats across cloud web applications
Microsoft introduces the Cloud Web Applications Threat Matrix, a MITRE ATT&CK-aligned framework that helps defenders understand, prioritize, and mitigate thr...
Four groups caught using the same Chrome and Windows exploit kit
What Microsoft’s largest security update means to security teams
September 2026 Patch Tuesday set a record and teams must now shift to risk-based prioritization versus simply finding bugs.
Passkey-themed social engineering leads to identity and cloud compromise
Passkey-themed social engineering is being used to compromise identities and enable broader cloud attacks. Learn how threat actors establish MFA persistence,...
Four Spy Groups Used the Same Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Within a Week
Multiple espionage-motivated threat activity clusters have been found deploying a previously undocumented exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together mu...
Iran-Linked Hackers Use Fake LinkedIn Job Offers to Deploy NodeRabbit and PollCat RATs
Iran-linked cyberespionage group Mirage Kitten is targeting software engineers with fake recruiter outreach on LinkedIn and job-search platforms. Using troja...
BigBear 2.0 phishing campaign compromises MFA-protected Microsoft accounts
Researchers discovered more than 3,300 unique victims across 461 organizations.
Windows BitLocker Flaw Lets Attackers Execute Code on Vulnerable Systems
Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-69449, an Important-severity vulnerability in Windows BitLocker. This issue is classified as a heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-1...