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Most coverage centers on Microsoft security and platform stability issues: Windows boot partitions running out of space, multiple Defender zero-days being actively exploited, and warnings about password-reset account takeovers. Alongside that, there are product- and dev-focused updates like new Surface for Business (Panther Lake), Microsoft’s Azure Linux 4.0 release, and an emergency ASP.NET threat affecting macOS and Linux.

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Key Takeaway Microsoft users should treat the current Defender and account-related warnings as urgent and immediately apply the relevant checks/mitigations.
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Defender zero-days Account takeover risk Surface business refresh Linux and ASP.NET updates
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Microsoft faces fresh security scrutiny as scam emails abuse internal accounts and AI ambitions expand

Scammers have been abusing an internal Microsoft email address to send spam links, using an account that normally delivers legitimate alerts such as two-factor authentication codes. The emails appear to have been sent from msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, and Microsoft does not yet appear to have resolved the issue. The pattern has been going on for months, making the fake messages look more plausible to recipients. techcrunch.com

That security problem lands as Microsoft is also pushing harder into AI enterprise work. Microsoft and EY announced a new global initiative backed by more than $1 billion over five years to scale AI deployment across business functions, while Microsoft’s own blog says the company sees execution, trust, and secure governance as the key to moving from pilots to enterprise impact. news.microsoft.com blogs.microsoft.com

At the same time, Microsoft is shipping new product updates and fixes across its ecosystem. Visual Studio Code 1.121 adds remote agents preview support, new model configurability, Mermaid diagram rendering, and HTML file previews, while Microsoft also acknowledged a broken Outlook issue that prevents images from displaying correctly in emails, newsletters, and signatures. neowin.net neowin.net

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  • Defender zero-days — Microsoft warns of new Defender zero-days exploited in attacks r/cybersecurity

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Defender zero-days New Defender zero-days are being exploited in attacks
SYSTEM access bug One of two actively exploited Defender vulnerabilities grants full SYSTEM access

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  • Check guidance and actions for the Defender issues before the June 3 CISA deadline. r/cybersecurity

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  • Microsoft Cancels Internal Anthropic Licenses As Shift To Token-Based AI Billing Blows Up Annual Budgets In Months r/artificial
  • Microsoft Lens seems to be back. r/StableDiffusion
  • Microsoft finally fixes one of the most annoying things about PowerShell on macOS Neowin
  • Office users hated the new Copilot button, now Microsoft is changing it Neowin
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