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Aug 18 2026 Microsoft starts removing WMIC tool used by cybercriminals

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Microsoft announced that it removed the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool from Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, as well as from Windows 11 beta builds released this week. [...]

Posted by Sergiu Gatlan on Tue 18 August 2026 in BleepingComputer.

Tags: Microsoft, Security.

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