Cybersecurity
The latest Cybersecurity coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Azure Hosts Israel’s Covert Mass Surveillance of Palestinian Calls, Documents Show
Israel’s military intelligence Agency Unit 8200 has secretly migrated its sprawling Palestinian communications dragnet onto Microsoft Azure, leaked documents and investigations reveal, transforming...
CVE-2025-8581: The Low-Risk Chrome Extension Bug That Still Requires an Immediate Update on Edge and Chrome
Google has patched a security vulnerability in Chrome’s Extensions framework that could have allowed attackers to siphon sensitive cross-origin data from unsuspecting users. Tracked as...
CVE-2025-8578: Chrome Cast Vulnerability Sparks Urgent Updates for Chrome and Edge
A critical use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome’s Cast component, tracked as CVE-2025-8578, has been patched by both Google and Microsoft, after researchers confirmed that attackers could...
Critical CVE-2025-8582 DOM Vulnerability Patched in Chrome and Edge – Users Urged to Update
On August 5, 2025, Google shipped an urgent security update for Chrome that plugs a dangerous hole in the browser's Document Object Model (DOM) handling. Tracked as CVE-2025-8582, the vulnerability...
Microsoft Edge Seals Off Dangerous Filesystem Attack Vector with Latest Chromium Patch for CVE-2025-8580
Microsoft has patched a critical filesystem vulnerability in its Edge browser, CVE-2025-8580, plugging a dangerous hole that could have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code or access...
Akira Ransomware Exploits Intel ThrottleStop Driver to Disable Windows Defender in Stealthy BYOVD Campaign
A potent ransomware campaign has turned a trusted Intel CPU tuning driver into a weapon, allowing attackers to evade Windows 11's built-in defenses by disabling Microsoft Defender with surgical...
Black Hat Demo Exposes Windows Hello Biometric Flaw: Admin Rights Enable Face Injection Attack
German security researchers at the Black Hat USA 2025 conference in Las Vegas have demonstrated a stark vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows Hello biometric authentication system. The live demo...
NTT DATA's New Microsoft Cloud Unit Racks Up Nearly 100 Agentic AI Deals in 90 Days
NTT DATA has launched a dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud, and within 90 days, its newly minted Agentic AI services have already drawn nearly 100 enterprise client...
Zenity Labs’ AgentFlayer Exposes Zero-Click Exploits: Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT AI Agents Hijacked Without User Action
At Black Hat USA 2025, security researchers from Zenity Labs pulled back the curtain on a dangerously overlooked attack surface: enterprise AI agents that can be silently hijacked with zero user...
CISA Orders Emergency Fix for Exchange Hybrid Bug Allowing 'Total Domain Compromise'
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency directive requiring federal agencies to patch a severe Microsoft Exchange vulnerability by August 11, warning...
CISA Sets August 11 Deadline for Critical Exchange Hybrid Patch as Exploits Emerge
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued Emergency Directive 25-02 on August 7, 2025, giving federal agencies fewer than four days to remediate a high-severity vulnerability...
Microsoft Azure Powers Israel’s Mass Surveillance of Palestinians, Leaked Documents Reveal
In late 2021, a private meeting between Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and then-commander of Israel’s Unit 8200, Yossi Sariel, set in motion a partnership that would transform the elite signals...