Microsoft has quietly extended its consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10, pushing the cutoff for critical security patches out another year to October 12, 2027. The move gives millions of users who have not yet migrated to Windows 11 additional time to receive important and critical security fixes, while Microsoft continues to encourage upgrades to the newer
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The Credential-Free Watchdog: Mastering Event-Driven App Automation
We have all been there. You are an automation lover. You have built a masterpiece — a Scheduled Task, perfectly configured, credentials entered, running like clockwork. You walk away like a hero. Then Monday morning hits. Your account is locked. Your coffee tastes like failure. I once left a mapped network drive in an SOE test build and completely forgot
Ditching PsExec – Running Interactive SYSTEM Shells Natively in PowerShell
If you’ve spent any time in Windows System Administration over the last decade, I can almost guarantee you’ve reached for PsExec at least once. Originally from Sysinternals and now officially part of Microsoft, PsExec is one of those deceptively simple tools that has quietly saved thousands of IT professionals from hours of sheer agony. A single executable, zero installation, no
Meta inks deal for solar power at night, beamed from space
The race to keep massive AI workloads powered around the clock has led Meta to sign a capacity reservation agreement with Overview Energy, a startup developing spacecraft that collect solar energy in space and convert it to near-infrared light beamed at large terrestrial solar farms. The deal — for up to 1 gigawatt of capacity — is a notable early
Microsoft Teams’ Efficiency Mode Arrives for Low‑End Devices
Microsoft is rolling out an Efficiency Mode for Microsoft Teams designed to help devices with limited CPU and memory run the app more smoothly. Announced in a Microsoft message center update, the feature will be enabled by default on eligible hardware and aims to improve responsiveness and meeting quality by dynamically adjusting how Teams uses system resources. What Efficiency Mode
How Attackers Abuse Microsoft Teams and Quick Assist: Inside the Helpdesk Impersonation Playbook
A new wave of attacks is quietly abusing everyday collaboration tools to bypass user suspicion and gain hands-on control of corporate endpoints. Threat actors are impersonating internal IT helpdesk staff inside Microsoft Teams, convincing employees to grant remote access via Quick Assist, and then using that live access to deploy stealthy persistence mechanisms and move laterally through enterprise networks. Because