Monthly series

Patch Tuesday Roundup

Every month, within a few days of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday (the second Tuesday), a plain-English rundown of what to fix first — Microsoft, Adobe, major browsers and high-impact third-party patches, prioritized with CISA KEV and exploit data.

Fix now: KEV & exploited
Fix soon: critical & high
Routine: normal patch cycle
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IT-Ops Articles & Guides
Can AI Tools Be Used to Steal API Keys?
Can AI Tools Be Used to Steal API Keys?
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Multi-tenant KEV tracking without buying another platform
Multi-tenant KEV tracking without buying another platform
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OpStacks.net Is Officially Open
OpStacks.net Is Officially Open
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Can AI Tools Be Used to Steal API Keys?
Can AI Tools Be Used to Steal API Keys?

Attackers are already stealing AI API keys three ways: breaking into exposed AI gateways like LiteLLM, tricking agents into handing keys over via prompt injection, and scooping up keys AI coding tools leave behind in config files. Here’s what to lock down this week.

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AZ-104 vs. SAA-C03: One Exam Asks How You’d Run It, The Other Asks What You’d Build
AZ-104 vs. SAA-C03: One Exam Asks How You’d Run It, The Other Asks What You’d Build

AZ-104 and SAA-C03 sit at the same level, but one is an admin exam and the other is an architect exam. Here’s what each one actually tests, side by side, and how to pick your first cloud cert.

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Windows Server 2016 goes dark January 12, 2027. Azure can buy you three more years, if you start now.

Windows Server 2016 reaches end of extended support on January 12, 2027. Here is what ends, why waiting until next summer is too late, and how Azure can buy you up to three more years of security updates.

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The free Windows 10 Extension Doesn’t Cover Your Clients

Microsoft’s June extension of free Windows 10 updates covers consumer PCs only. Business-managed devices are on the paid ESU program, Year 2 costs twice as much, and it comes due in October.

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September 2026 Patch Tuesday Roundup

Microsoft’s September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed 966 CVEs, including two zero-days already exploited in the wild, and an out-of-band update followed three days later. Here’s what to fix first.

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