{"ok":true,"article":{"slug":"microsoft-starts-removing-wmic-tool-used-by-cybercriminals-25a892e0","title":"Microsoft starts removing WMIC tool used by cybercriminals","url":"https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-removes-wmic-lolbin-tool-in-windows-11-beta-builds/","canonical":"https://www.aimode.news/article/microsoft-starts-removing-wmic-tool-used-by-cybercriminals-25a892e0","sourceName":"BleepingComputer","summary":"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. [...]","category":"Technology","image":null,"lang":"en","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T08:12:08+00:00","createdAt":"2026-08-18T08:30:12.319425+00:00"}}