Tag: Microsoft

KB5002907 Paused After Office 2016 and 2019 Lose Activation or Disappear

Microsoft paused KB5002907 after some Office 2016 and 2019 installations lost activation…

Brendan Smith

Storm-3168 Azure Attack: What Failed, What Survived

Microsoft’s Storm-3168 case shows why failed deletion requests, application permissions and separate…

Brendan Smith

Storm-2570 Uses Four Ransomware Brands—and the Same Access Tools

Microsoft links Storm-2570 to four ransomware families. Repeated remote access, credential theft…

Brendan Smith

Diagnostic Policy Service High CPU: Find What Keeps It Busy

Trace Diagnostic Policy Service CPU spikes to their trigger. Check the host…

Brendan Smith

Service Host Network Service High Network Usage: Find the Download

Identify the service behind heavy Windows network traffic, separate downloads from peer…

Brendan Smith

State Repository Service High CPU: Find the App Behind It

Trace State Repository Service high CPU to an app, update or Windows…

Brendan Smith

PAYLOAD Turns Windows Group Policy Into a Ransom Demand

PAYLOAD attackers used domain policy to display ransom notes without encrypting Windows…

Brendan Smith

Windows 11 KB5129195 Fixes RDP, but Audio Code 10 Remains

KB5129195 fixes Remote Desktop and multichannel USB audio on Windows 11 24H2…

Brendan Smith

Memory Compression High RAM: Find What Is Using Memory

Memory Compression using high RAM? Read Task Manager correctly, separate app and…

Brendan Smith

Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry High CPU: Trace the Appraiser

Microsoft Compatibility Telemetry using high CPU or disk? Check CompatTelRunner, task history,…

Brendan Smith

WSAPPX High CPU or Disk: Find the Stuck Store App

WSAPPX using high CPU, disk, or memory? Identify a stuck Microsoft Store…

Brendan Smith

BigBear 2.0 Phishing: What to Do After Microsoft 365 MFA

BigBear 2.0 phishing can steal Microsoft 365 sessions after MFA. What to…

Daniel Zimmermann

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