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  1. Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates

    BleepingComputer · · Medium severity

    Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to remove trust in certificates tied to compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys, protecting systems that do not receive automatic certificate trust updates.

  2. After layoffs, Microsoft offers 60,000 employees a choice to leave

    DQ : Latest Posts ·

    Microsoft is offering voluntary exits to about 60,000 eligible employees globally, including those in participating teams in India, adding another option to its approach to workforce change after earlier layoffs. The programme covers...

  3. Node2Shell puts Microsoft and Node.js on Brotli patch duty

    CSO Online Security · · Critical severity

    A vulnerability in Google’s Brotli compression library could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in applications that use an affected Brotli decoder to process compressed data. Tracked as CVE-2026-111497 , the high-severity flaw...

  4. Microsoft releases out-of-band Windows fixes with certificate updates

    The Register ·

    Microsoft has released another out-of-band update for Windows, but this one isn't an emergency fix for the latest breakages. This time, it's all about certificates. The non-security out-of-band release applies to supported OSes ranging...

  5. Denmark Gives Up On Replacing Microsoft Office With Collabora

    Slashdot · · Unconfirmed

    Denmark's Ministry of Digitization reportedly abandoned a pilot to replace Microsoft Office with the open-source Collabora suite less than six months after it began. Tom's Hardware reports: According to Danish publication Computerworld,...

  6. Microsoft’s ‘voluntary exit’ offer explained

    IT Pro ·

    Nicole Kobie first started writing for ITPro in 2007. As a freelance journalist covering technology and business, Nicole's work includes bylines in New Scientist, Wired, PC Pro and many more. Nicole the author of a book about the...

  7. Microsoft extends voluntary exit buyout to 60,000 employees globally

    CIO&Leader ·

    Microsoft has introduced a sweeping Voluntary Exit Offer (VEO) to approximately 60,000 employees, representing roughly 27% of its 223,000-strong global workforce, as the tech giant recalibrates operations amid massive capital spending...

  8. Microsoft Offers Buyouts to 60,000 Employees

    Analytics India Mag ·

    Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to around 60,000 employees across India, the US, the UK, and Canada, giving eligible staff the option to leave the company with financial support and career-planning resources. Announced on...

  9. Microsoft offers to buy out a quarter of its workforce

    Ars Technica ·

    On Monday, Microsoft said it will offer voluntary buyouts to eligible employees in select parts of the company. CNBC reports that the buyouts will be offered to roughly 60,000 employees , or about a quarter of its global workforce. The...

  10. Microsoft ships emergency .NET fixes for a critical Brotli flaw

    TNW · · Medium severity

    Microsoft shipped out-of-band updates for .NET, Visual Studio and PowerShell on Sunday. They fix CVE-2026-111497, a buffer overflow in Brotli, Google’s widely used compression library, which OpenAI’s Codex Security team reported....

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