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CVE-2025-47971: Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Buffer over-read in Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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CVE-2025-49677: Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

**According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability?** Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition.

ICC Contained Cyberattack Amid Espionage Threats and Pressure

International Criminal Court faces new "sophisticated" cyberattack in The Hague. Occurring near the NATO summit, this incident impacts the ICC as it handles major global cases.

Gamers hacked playing Call of Duty: WWII—PC version temporarily taken offline

The Call of Duty team confirmed that the PC edition of WWII has been taken offline following "reports of an issue."

Congratulations to the top MSRC 2025 Q2 security researchers!

Congratulations to all the researchers recognized in this quarter’s Microsoft Researcher Recognition Program leaderboard! Thank you to everyone for your hard work and continued partnership to secure customers. The top three researchers of the 2025 Q2 Security Researcher Leaderboard are wkai, Brad Schlintz (nmdhkr), and 0x140ce! Check out the full list of researchers recognized this quarter here.

NightEagle APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange Flaw to Target China's Military and Tech Sectors

Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a zero-day exploit chain designed to target government, defense, and technology sectors in China. According to QiAnXin's RedDrip Team, the threat actor has been active since 2023 and has switched network

Big Tech’s Mixed Response to U.S. Treasury Sanctions

In May 2025, the U.S. government sanctioned a Chinese national for operating a cloud provider linked to the majority of virtual currency investment scam websites reported to the FBI. But more than a month later, the accused continues to openly operate accounts at a slew of American tech companies, including Facebook, Github, LinkedIn, PayPal and Twitter/X.