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Microsoft rolls out sovereign cloud controls to ease European data fears
New Azure tools give organisations tighter grip on data location, access rights and encryption key management amid rising regulatory scrutiny.
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Everything TechWire Beat has reported about Microsoft: 14 stories, newest first. Part of our Vulnerabilities coverage.
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IT admins can now fix Windows Server 2025 boot failures remotely via new quick recovery feature
Microsoft has enabled quick machine recovery for Windows Server 2025, allowing administrators to fix critical boot failures without physical access to the hardware.
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Microsoft VSS limits expose risks for large-scale enterprise data protection
Research highlights architectural boundaries of Windows shadow copies, urging teams to assess volume sizes and workload types for backup resilience.
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SQL Server flaw lets insiders boost rights across three major versions
A high-severity buffer overflow in Microsoft SQL Server allows authorised users to escalate privileges, affecting 2017, 2019 and 2022 editions.
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Orgs face record 1,413 patches as Microsoft plugs exploited Windows Shell flaw and critical zero-days
Organisations face a massive update cycle as Microsoft patches a record number of vulnerabilities, including a Windows Shell flaw already being exploited in the wild.
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Enterprises urged to patch .NET 8-11 Preview to stop remote code execution via deserialization flaw CVE-2026-70035
Microsoft patches a high-severity flaw in .NET Framework that allows remote code execution via untrusted data deserialization.
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Microsoft tightens ReFS security on external drives, with 2027 enforcement deadline
Windows will enforce stricter controls on Resilient File System volumes on removable media, giving organisations time to prepare after October 2026 updates.
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Microsoft PPP EAP-TLS Flaw Lets Attackers Run Code Without Credentials
A critical heap overflow in Microsoft’s PPP EAP-TLS protocol allows unauthenticated remote code execution, rated 9.8 by the National Vulnerability Database.
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Microsoft AD FS Spoofing Flaw CVE-2026-96252 Risks Network Identity Integrity
A critical cryptographic verification failure in Active Directory Federation Services allows unauthorised attackers to perform network spoofing.
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Organisations urged to patch ASP.NET Core 8-11 against critical 9.4-score network tampering flaw
Microsoft has released updates for ASP.NET Core versions 8 through 11 to fix a severe vulnerability that allows remote network tampering.
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Organisations Gain Unified Memory & AI Agent Security With RTX Spark Laptops On Oct 16
NVIDIA’s new superchip platform arrives 16 October, introducing unified memory and agent-specific security controls for enterprise IT teams.
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Microsoft’s Surface Launch Overshadowed by Developer-Focused AI Content
Windows Central reports that Microsoft’s recent hardware and software announcements were buried under technical AI discussions, complicating clear communication.
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Microsoft launches specialised AI model for fixed-choice decisions
Microsoft-Decision-1 uses Alibaba’s Qwen base to score options faster and cheaper than larger generative models, offering organisations a new tool for automated classification and routing tasks.
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Microsoft CEO urges emergency brake on AI to rebuild trust architecture
Satya Nadella advises assuming all advanced models are compromised, calling for a pause to assess safety and trust mechanisms.