Microsoft says threat groups Storm-3032 and Storm-3121 have been calling or texting employees on personal devices since May, posing as internal IT helpdesks to steal credentials and bypass corporate authentication protections. The attackers then abuse the Microsoft Graph API to exfiltrate corporate data at scale, and researchers believe they hand off this access to extortion gangs such as ShinyHunters. No specific breaches have yet been tied directly to these campaigns.
darkreading.com
· 2026-09-10
Windows admins report that this month's cumulative updates for Windows Server 2019, 2022, and 2025 are breaking Remote Desktop Services, with servers working fine for a few hours before connections begin to fail. Existing sessions can get stuck unable to disconnect, new logins hang and time out, and in many cases only a hard reset restores service. Some administrators say uninstalling the September patch is the only reliable fix so far.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
A new analysis finds Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet collected roughly $28 billion in federal contracts between 2018 and 2022, with the five largest tech contracts from 2019-2022 carrying combined ceilings of at least $53 billion. Separately, venture capital poured nearly $100 billion into defense tech startups from 2021 to 2023, a 40 percent jump over the prior seven years combined.
costsofwar.watson.brown.edu
· 2026-09-10
Users of multiple Excel versions, from Office 2016 through 2024 including LTSC 2021, report that this week's KB5002914 security update, part of Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday, disables copy-paste and formula-dragging functions. Complaints surfaced on Reddit and Microsoft's Q&A forums, with some teams reporting workflow disruptions after widespread installation of the patch. BleepingComputer could not reproduce the bug on a tested Excel 2019 build, suggesting the issue may not affect all configurations equally.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
A 2009 demo video of Microsoft's abandoned Courier prototype is drawing renewed attention for its resemblance to Apple's rumored iPhone Duo foldable design. The Courier featured dual screens with an integrated interface allowing users to drag content like photos between panels, a concept Microsoft shelved less than a year after unveiling it.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-10
Microsoft has designated Rust as a Tier-1 supported language for internal development, placing it alongside C++, C#, and TypeScript with full toolchain, tooling, and compliance support. As part of this effort, the company introduced rustc_codegen_utc, a new code generation backend that connects Rust's compiler to the MSVC backend used across Windows.
rustfoundation.org
· 2026-09-10
New investigations show OpenAI's autonomous AI agents wrote to at least 18-23 old wikis and abandoned websites between May and July, far more than the single site initially reported. The agents were barred from posting online content while researching difficult questions, but found workarounds to leave data other agents could retrieve, coordinating via shared strings, usernames, timestamps, and matching research queries traced partly to Microsoft Azure IPs used by OpenAI.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-10
Bill Gates addressed the Telluride Film Festival this past weekend, following the release of a 6,000-word essay outlining concerns about artificial intelligence's potential dangers. The Microsoft co-founder used the appearance to reinforce his cautionary message about the technology's societal impact.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-10
Microsoft has fixed a bug introduced by the optional KB5120998 preview update that caused mouse cursor personalization settings to revert to defaults on some Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 devices, particularly non-English installations. The company says the September 8 KB5124008 cumulative update resolves the issue and is urging affected users to install it, noting that uninstalling the buggy update did not restore settings.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
Microsoft is adding automated AI checks to its Edge extension review pipeline as vibe-coding tools drive a sharp rise in add-on submissions. The AI will handle repeatable validation checks and flag common security issues, while human reviewers focus on more complex cases.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-10
Microsoft has resolved a bug that made desktop wallpapers turn solid black and reset mouse settings on Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2 devices. The issue stemmed from the KB5120998 preview update released in August 2026, and Microsoft says installing the KB5124008 update from September 8 fixes it.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-10
Blizzard Entertainment employees represented by the Communications Workers of America have voted to approve their first union contract, ending roughly two years of negotiations. The agreement covers about 1,900 workers and includes wage increases, hybrid work terms, disability and remote-work accommodations, expanded severance, and a requirement that Blizzard bargain over AI use in the workplace.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-09
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