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Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5126657 extended security update

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Microsoft released the Windows 10 KB5126657 extended security update, which includes this month’s record-breaking October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes and a few bug fixes and changes. […]

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Microsoft: Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro reached end of support

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Microsoft announced today that devices running Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro editions have reached the end of support and will no longer receive monthly security and non-security preview updates. […]

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UK Housing Ombudsman Service investigates ‘security incident’

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

The U.K. Housing Ombudsman Service is investigating a third-party IT security incident that impacted its case management system on Tuesday. […]

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Windows 11 KB5127648 & KB5126653 cumulative updates released

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Microsoft has released the Patch Tuesday Windows 11 KB5127648 and KB5126653 cumulative updates for versions 26H2/25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities and bugs, and add new features. […]

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TFG London cyberattack disrupts systems at Hobbs and Whistles retailers

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

TFG London detected a cybersecurity incident that impacted IT systems used by the Phase Eight, Hobbs, and Whistles premium fashion brands. […]

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Under the hood, off the hot path: How D1 scales to millions of databases

Cloudflare, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

A deep dive into how D1 architected its control plane to scale and manage millions of databases, while keeping data plane query operations at the edge. We share guiding principles on how to build on the Developer Platform effectively.

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Rewinding the exponential: How we keep hardware usage down

Cloudflare, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Our strategies to optimize our data pipeline throughput without compromising data quality.

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Ivanti warns of Connect Secure zero-day exploited in attacks

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Ivanti urged customers on Tuesday to immediately patch an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability in the Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) remote access gateway. […]

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Docker Hub flaw let attackers impersonate users, tamper with images

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 13, 2026

Docker has disclosed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-105445) in Docker Hub that let attackers access another user’s container repositories using a personal access token (PAT). […]

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Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing

Bleeping Computer, IT News / admin / October 12, 2026

Norway’s Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. […]

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