Cloud Security
The latest Cloud Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Leaked Documents Claim Microsoft Azure Hosts Israeli Mass Surveillance Targeting Palestinians
Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure has been implicated in one of the most sweeping mass surveillance operations in modern history, according to a joint investigation by The Guardian and +972 Magazine...
Google Gemini Exploit Can Control Smart Homes, as Nvidia Rejects Government Backdoor Demands
A simple "thank you" is all it takes for attackers to hijack Google's Gemini AI and control your smart home, researchers revealed at Black Hat this week. The demonstration, which showed how a...
CVE-2025-53786: The Silent Hybrid Exchange Exploit That Bypasses All Cloud Defenses
Microsoft has issued an urgent warning about a high-severity vulnerability in hybrid Exchange deployments that could let attackers who breach an on-premises server silently escalate their privileges...
13 Petabytes of Israeli Surveillance Data on Palestinians Stored by Microsoft Azure, UN Report Says
More than 13 petabytes of Israeli military surveillance data on Palestinians—including biometric records, intercepted communications, and AI-generated targeting lists—sits on Microsoft Azure...
Satya Nadella’s 2021 Meeting with Unit 8200 Head Enabled Azure-Powered Mass Surveillance in Gaza, Investigation Shows
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella personally met with the head of Israel’s elite cyber-intelligence unit in 2021 to greenlight a cloud-powered mass surveillance system that now captures and stores...
The 2025 Email Security Shift: Why Proofpoint, Mimecast, and Others Are Replacing Microsoft EOP
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) has been the default email security gatekeeper for millions of businesses, but in 2025, a growing number of organizations are finding its basic defenses...
How CEWA Backed Up 90,000 Microsoft 365 Accounts in Under 40 Minutes
Forty minutes. That’s all it took for Catholic Education Western Australia to deploy an enterprise-grade backup solution protecting over 90,000 Microsoft 365 accounts and more than a petabyte of...
Exchange Hybrid Attack Turns On-Prem Admin into Cloud Hijacker: CVE-2025-53786 Exposes Identity Perimeter Crisis
A single compromised on-premises Exchange administrator can now seize control of an organization’s entire Microsoft 365 cloud—for up to 24 hours, with virtually no audit trail. That is the urgent...
Rubrik and Sophos Debut First MDR-Optimized Backup and Recovery for Microsoft 365
Sophos and Rubrik have jointly announced a strategic partnership to deliver the industry’s first Managed Detection and Response (MDR)-optimized backup and recovery solution for Microsoft 365,...
CISA Emergency Directive Targets CVE-2025-53786: Hybrid Exchange Flaw Demands Immediate Action
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued Emergency Directive 25-02 on August 7, 2025, compelling federal agencies to immediately patch a high-severity Microsoft Exchange...
Microsoft Azure Powers Israel's Large-Scale Palestinian Surveillance: Ethical, Legal, and Human Rights Implications
Israel’s use of Microsoft Azure as the backbone of its large-scale surveillance operations against Palestinians has ignited an international firestorm, thrusting technology ethics, state...
Controversy Surrounds Israel’s Unit 8200 Use of Microsoft Azure for Surveillance
A storm of controversy has erupted following the recent exposure of Israel’s Unit 8200 leveraging Microsoft Azure cloud technology to conduct large-scale surveillance on Palestinian communications....