Cybersecurity
The latest Cybersecurity coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
KB5101650 Hits Windows 11 With 570 Fixes, Two Exploited Zero-Days, and a Dell Update Hold
Microsoft shipped its July 2026 Patch Tuesday updates this week, patching a record 570 security vulnerabilities across the company’s entire product line. The cumulative update for Windows 11,...
CVE-2026-63858: The Linux Kernel nftables Flaw That's Hiding in Your Windows Environment
On July 19, 2026, the National Vulnerability Database published CVE-2026-63858, a Linux kernel concurrency flaw in the netfilter nftables subsystem that can corrupt firewall state when network device...
Chrome 150 Update Seals Three Critical Use-After-Free Bugs — Time to Restart Your Browser
On July 17, Google shipped Chrome 150.0.7871.128/.129 for Windows and Mac, and 150.0.7871.128 for Linux, patching seven security vulnerabilities. Three of those flaws earned the company’s Critical...
Windows Sandbox Can Run Suspicious Files Offline – Here’s How to Set It Up
Microsoft has quietly transformed Windows Sandbox from a barebones testing tool into a configurable quarantine environment that can wall off untrusted apps from your network entirely – no...
Microsoft’s Project Perception Aims to Make AI Vulnerability Fixing Cheap Enough to Run Nonstop
Microsoft is quietly developing an AI-powered security tool that scans enterprise environments for software vulnerabilities and recommends fixes, routing work across multiple large language models to...
Windows 10 Endpoints Now Average 1,903 Security Holes Each, Lansweeper Finds
More than 16% of Windows enterprise PCs still run Windows 10, and each one carries an average of 1,903 actively tracked vulnerabilities, according to new telemetry from asset management firm...
SEBI warns: Boss Scam now hijacks Windows PCs to send payment orders from executives' own WhatsApp
India’s securities regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), issued an urgent advisory on July 17 after a sophisticated fraud campaign began targeting company executives with...
Qilin vs. The Gentlemen: How a RaaS Rivalry Is Reshaping Windows Security Priorities
Ransomware attacks through the first half of 2026 hit a volume 20% higher than the same period last year, even as the number of incidents dipped slightly from the first quarter to the second. The...
Patch in 72 Hours: Microsoft's New Windows 11 Rule Is a Reaction to AI-Powered Attacks
Microsoft is telling enterprises to install Windows 11 quality updates within three days of release, a sharp departure from the weeks-long testing cycles many organizations rely on. The warning comes...
Excel RCE Flaw Fixed in July 2026 Office Security Update — Patch Your PC Now
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft released its monthly security updates, and among them is a critical fix for a high‑severity vulnerability in Excel, tracked as CVE‑2026‑55029. This heap‑based...
SQL Server 2025 RCE Vulnerability Demands Urgent Patching—Here’s How to Protect Your Data
Microsoft has disclosed a serious security flaw in SQL Server 2025 that could allow an attacker with even low-level database access to completely take over the underlying server. The vulnerability,...
July Patch Tuesday: Update Visual Studio Code Now to Fix Security Feature Bypass and More
Microsoft shipped fixes for a security feature bypass in Visual Studio Code on July 14, 2026, as part of a sprawling Patch Tuesday that also addresses three additional Important vulnerabilities in...