New Microsoft Alert — Update Windows 10 And 11 Now, Attacks Underway

At the same time that Google was issuing an emergency update for all Chrome browser users in response to a high-severity security vulnerability, Microsoft issued a security warning of its own. A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Kernel can enable an attacker to gain system privileges. Yes, a Windows kernel zero-day. Yes, attackers have already struck. Yes, you need to update now.

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Update Windows Now As Microsoft Confirms Kernel Zero-Day Attacks

The latest chapter in the never-ending cybersecurity drama that is Patch Tuesday has been released, and this time it contains no less than 63 vulnerabilities. There’s one, though, that stands out: CVE-2025-62215, an actively exploited zero-day within the Windows Kernel itself.

“While exploitation requires an attacker to win a race condition,” Satnam Narang, a…