Today's Top Windows System Articles for 2026-05-03
Articles for the IT Professional. Each day we look at roughly 100 sites for Windows articles and bring them here.
Databricks Lakebase: The operational database for AI agents and apps
Understanding the Evolution: From Lakehouse to Lakebase The modern data landscape has long been characterized by a fundamental schism: Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) systems, designed for high-f...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
ON THIS DAY: Microsoft will focus on desktops with UWP — here's why you should care
Microsoft has a problem with its Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and what it means for developers and consumers. Here is how they plan to fix that and why it means ignore phones.
Latest from Windows Central
May 1, 2026 - windowscentral.com
What’s New in Agent 365: May 2026
By Alex Pozin, Samer Baroudi As we celebrate the general availability of Agent 365, we’re sharing a closer look at the core capabilities that help organizations adopt agents at scale, responsibly and ...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
Ars Technica - All content
May 1, 2026 - arstechnica.com
Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day
The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root.
Ars Technica
May 1, 2026 - arstechnica.com
Hilarious followup on the stolen laptop debacle
$1 submitted by /u/CeC-P
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 1, 2026 - reddit.com
Migrating frontline mobile devices: Aligning stakeholders before real-world testing
By: Carol Burns - Principal Product Manager | Microsoft Intune and Sucheta Gawade, Microsoft MVP (Azure & Security / Intune) Practitioner perspective from Sucheta Gawade, Microsoft MVP (Azure & Securi...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.11.1 for SQL Server Released
We are pleased to announce the general availability of Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.11.1 for SQL Server, released on April 30, 2025. This servicing update delivers important bug fixes and expands Linux pl...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
SIEM for a company that has Sophos MDR w/1 year retention.
$1 submitted by /u/No_Alarm6362
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 1, 2026 - reddit.com
Windows shell spoofing vulnerability puts sensitive data at risk
Microsoft and the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have sounded the alarm about a Windows shell spoofing vulnerability that is already being exploited by attackers. It is not...
AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds – Computerworld
May 1, 2026 - computerworld.com
Join us May 6: Learn how Microsoft Teams is helping SMBs thrive
Running a small or medium-sized business means wearing every hat at once — sales lead, customer support, IT admin, and marketing team, often before lunch. The tools you rely on need to keep up without...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
Windows 11 Security Fix KB5083769 breaks causing backup failures - VSS fails
$1 submitted by /u/Bob_Spud
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 1, 2026 - reddit.com
High-Fidelity Network Observability at Scale— ACNS Metrics Filtering and Log Aggregation Now GA
We are thrilled to announce that Advanced Container Networking Services (ACNS) for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) now delivers two powerful observability features in General Availability: container ne...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
Dangerous New Linux Exploit Gives Attackers Root Access to Countless Computers
The exploit, dubbed CopyFail and tracked as CVE-2026-31431, allows hackers to take over PCs and data center servers. The Linux vulnerabilities have been patched—but many machines remain at risk.
WIRED
May 1, 2026 - wired.com
200,000 MCP servers expose a command execution flaw that Anthropic calls a feature
Anthropic created the Model Context Protocol as the open standard for AI agent-to-tool communication. OpenAI adopted it in March 2025. Google DeepMind followed. Anthropic donated MCP to the Linux Foun...
VentureBeat
May 1, 2026 - venturebeat.com
Lock down AI, web, and private apps: what’s new in Internet Access and Private Access
One theme is crystal clear across the security industry: AI is transforming security, and security must transform with it. Organizations everywhere are embracing generative AI to boost productivity an...
New blog articles in Microsoft Community Hub
May 1, 2026 - techcommunity.microsoft.com
Salesforce launches Agentforce Operations to fix the workflows breaking enterprise AI
Enterprise AI teams are hitting a wall — not because their models can't reason, but because the workflows underneath them were never built for agents. Tasks fail, handoffs break, and the problem compo...
VentureBeat
May 1, 2026 - venturebeat.com
LG's New Ultralight Gram Laptops Just Dropped, With Special Service Plan Pricing
Made from the company's new Aerominium material, the 2026 models feature the latest Intel and AMD processors and weigh 3 pounds or less.
CNET
May 1, 2026 - cnet.com
Fear And Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged As Trump’s Sweeps Lured Desperate People To Eager Defrauders
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. As an asylum-seeker living in the U.S., Jasmir Urbina worried as she watched violence break out amid the...
Techdirt
May 1, 2026 - techdirt.com
Does Your AI Agent Need a VPN? The Company Behind Norton and Avast Thinks So
You might use a VPN yourself, but have you considered giving one to your AI agent? It might be more important than you think.
CNET
May 1, 2026 - cnet.com
Seattle mayor’s ‘bye’ to millionaires who leave state over taxes is no laughing matter to some in tech
The debate over progressive taxation in Washington state has been building for months, with the tech community largely alarmed by what it sees as a hostility toward business in the region. Read More
GeekWire
May 1, 2026 - geekwire.com
Magnetic Induction Heats Water
Producing hot water off-grid is a surprisingly energy-intensive activity, and although it looks simple on its surface it can get quite complicated especially when used in large scale for something …re...
Blog – Hackaday
May 1, 2026 - hackaday.com
AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds
An AI agent that revealed sensitive data without being asked. An agent that overruled its own guardrails. Another that sent credentials to an attacker via Telegram, because it forgot it wasn’t suppose...
AI agents can bypass guardrails and put credentials at risk, Okta study finds – Computerworld
May 1, 2026 - computerworld.com
CVE-2026-4948 Firewalld: firewalld: local unprivileged user can modify firewall state due to d-bus setter mis-authorization
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-28532 FRRouting < 10.5.3 Integer Overflow in OSPF TLV Parser Functions
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-41080
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-31602 ALSA: ctxfi: Limit PTP to a single page
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-31598 ocfs2: fix possible deadlock between unlink and dio_end_io_write
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-31608 smb: server: avoid double-free in smb_direct_free_sendmsg after smb_direct_flush_send_list()
Information published.
MSRC Security Update Guide
May 2, 2026 - msrc.microsoft.com
CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments
A high-severity Linux vulnerability, “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431), enables root privilege escalation across cloud environments and Kubernetes workloads. With a working exploit already in the wild, org...
Microsoft Security Blog
May 2, 2026 - microsoft.com
CVE-2026-31431 (Copy Fail) PHP PoC
$1 submitted by /u/feje
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 2, 2026 - reddit.com
Debugging a Stopped Foucault Pendulum’s Electronics
After the Foucault pendulum at the Houston Museum of Natural Science stopped working a while back after maintenance on the building, workers set out to determine what was wrong with …read more
Blog – Hackaday
May 2, 2026 - hackaday.com
Brace for the patch tsunami: AI is unearthing decades of buried code debt
Britain's cyber agency says the bill for years of technical shortcuts is coming due, and it's arriving all at once Britain's cyber agency is warning that AI-fuelled bug hunting is about to flush out y...
The Register
May 2, 2026 - go.theregister.com
Registry hack lets you bypass Windows 11 KB5083769, KB5083631 patch that blocks some apps
Microsoft earlier confirmed that its latest Windows 11 updates under KB5083769 and KB5083631 have new entries in its blocklist. A Registry fix can unpatch it. Read more...
Neowin
May 2, 2026 - neowin.net
This NASA astronaut has spent years shaping the future of spaceflight. Now he’s finally heading to orbit
Anil Menon might have the world’s spaciest resume. After several years as a NASA flight surgeon, he became SpaceX’s medical director in 2018, where he authored research on the effects of space on the ...
Fast Company - technology
May 2, 2026 - fastcompany.com
ConsentFix v3 attacks target Azure with automated OAuth abuse
A new attack type, dubbed ConsentFix v3, has been circulating on hacker forums, building on the previous technique by adding automation and scaling potential. [...]
BleepingComputer
May 2, 2026 - bleepingcomputer.com
New Bluekit Phishing Kit Features AI Assistant
Still under development, Bluekit provides users with automated domain registration and an AI Assistant. The post New Bluekit Phishing Kit Features AI Assistant appeared first on SecurityWeek.
SecurityWeek
May 2, 2026 - securityweek.com
Microsoft Agent 365 Hits General Availability With Local AI Agent Controls
Microsoft has released Agent 365 to general availability, adding Defender and Intune controls for local AI agents on Windows alongside AWS and Gemini imports. The post Microsoft Agent 365 Hits General...
WinBuzzer
May 2, 2026 - winbuzzer.com
Microsoft, CISA warn on flaw affecting miilions of systems running major Linux distros
CISA and Microsoft have warned about a security vulnerability on Linux which can potentially impact millions of devices. Read more...
Neowin
May 2, 2026 - neowin.net
cPanelSniper Reportedly Emerges Around CVE-2026-41940 as Dark-Web PoC Chatter Grows
$1 submitted by /u/raptorhunter22
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 2, 2026 - reddit.com
Apple @ Work: Unpacking the top mobile threats facing your Apple fleet this year
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary t...
9to5Mac
May 2, 2026 - 9to5mac.com
Your Windows PC's security foundation could expire in 8 weeks — Here's how to check if you're eligible for a new Secure Boot certificate
Microsoft's original Secure Boot certificates, first issued in 2011, are set to expire in June 2026, effectively leaving your PC in a degraded security state. Here's what you can do to prevent any iss...
Latest from Windows Central
May 2, 2026 - windowscentral.com
Do I really need the private key on every machine if I want to sign RDP files locally on each one?
$1 submitted by /u/PinkFluffyKolibri
Reddit : Sysadmin
May 2, 2026 - reddit.com
Heybike's Latest Foldable Commuter Bike Has Kept My Car in the Driveway for Weeks. It's Now $500 Cheaper
With the right accessories, this new foldable bike is everything you need to get around town for less.
CNET
May 2, 2026 - cnet.com
After Win10 to Win11 upgrade, laptop fails boot every time with code 0XC000000F
Windows 11 Forum
May 2, 2026 - elevenforum.com
Latest Macrium Reflect 8 updates
Windows 11 Forum
May 2, 2026 - elevenforum.com
Killer Networking misbehaving
Windows 11 Forum
May 2, 2026 - elevenforum.com
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