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EWS Shutdown, Updated: What Microsoft Changed on 4 September and Your Last Three Weeks Before October

EWS disablement October 2026 got a rewritten parity-gap roadmap and a second usage tool on 4 September — the exact diff and a dated three-week plan.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 17, 2026 · 10 min read Intermediate
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AI

LiteLLM, RAGFlow, Kestra: Your AI Gateway Is a Control-Plane Target

AI gateway security after Microsoft's August findings: find exposed LiteLLM, RAGFlow and Kestra hosts in Azure, isolate them, rotate keys, detect abuse.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 15, 2026 · 17 min read Intermediate
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Security

Emergency Patches Outside Microsoft: Adobe Commerce StyleSmuggler, N-able N-central, and PEEP

Vendor patches your Microsoft cycle won't show you: N-able N-central CVE-2026-86218, Adobe Commerce StyleSmuggler and the PEEP Chromium backdoor.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 15, 2026 · 11 min read Intermediate
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Azure

Retirement Debt Comes Due: Azure VPN Client for Linux, AVD Classic, Graph Toolkit and Project Online

Four Microsoft services retire in August-September 2026. Find which affects your infrastructure, how to detect them, and your migration timeline.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 12, 2026 · 10 min read Intermediate
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Security

Teams Helpdesk Impersonation: When the Attack Rides a Trusted Workflow

Teams helpdesk impersonation detection: the kill chain, KQL hunting queries and the settings that stop one approved remote session becoming domain access.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 11, 2026 · 18 min read Intermediate
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Security

September 2026 Patch Tuesday: 966 Fixes, Two Zero-Days to Triage First

September 2026 patch tuesday shipped 966 fixes and two exploited zero-days — the triage order, expedite paths, and KQL to run while you deploy.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 11, 2026 · 12 min read Intermediate
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Security

gMSA, dMSA and the Service Account Problem Nobody Solved

Group managed service accounts security rests on two things almost nobody audits: the password retrieval ACL and the forest KDS root key. Fix both.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · September 10, 2026 · 35 min read Intermediate
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Microsoft 365

EWS Retirement: Your Exchange Online Graph Migration Plan

EWS retirement in Exchange Online: off by default since 1 October 2026, gone on 1 April 2027. Find your callers, fix the allowlist, move to Graph.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 26, 2026 · 26 min read Intermediate
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Security

Entra ID Passkeys: Profiles, Synced Keys and a Rollout Plan

Plan your Entra ID passkey rollout: synced passkeys are supported, profiles control attestation and AAGUIDs, and passkeys are now the default sign-in.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 26, 2026 · 16 min read Intermediate
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Security

Microsoft Is Retiring SMS and Voice MFA: Your Entra ID Migration Plan

Microsoft-provided SMS and voice MFA retires 1 February 2027. Here is the Entra ID timeline, the September 1 passkey opt-out, and a safe migration plan.

Thorsteinn Halldorsson · August 26, 2026 · 15 min read Intermediate
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