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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has issued a warning relating to an actively targeted Microsoft Windows vulnerability that can be found in unpatched versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 ...

An out-of-band (OOB) security update that patches an actively exploited Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability has broken hotpatching on some Windows Server 2025 devices. Days later, the ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches ...

A critical zero-day vulnerability in Windows servers running the Kerberos authentication system, first disclosed in May, has now been patched by Microsoft, but must be given high priority by admins ...

Update, April 30, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the hotpatching security update service for Windows Server 2025 users, as well as ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...

Microsoft recently described some updates to Windows Server, including the introduction of global hotpatching and the planned deprecation of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Late last week, ...

Redmond reckons $1.50/core/month hotpatch service is worth it to avoid eight Patch Tuesday scrambles each year Microsoft has announced its preview of hotpatching for on-prem Windows Server 2025 will ...