Cybersecurity
The latest Cybersecurity coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Patch Now: 9.3-Rated Path Traversal in Delta DIAView ICS Puts Critical Sectors at Risk
A severe path traversal vulnerability in Delta Electronics’ DIAView industrial automation platform has sent shockwaves through the operational technology community, after federal cybersecurity...
Packet Power ICS Flaw Lets Attackers Seize Control of Energy Grids Without Login
A remotely exploitable authentication bypass in Packet Power’s energy monitoring devices has thrust the industrial control system (ICS) world into an urgent patching cycle. Designated...
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Exchange Hybrid Flaw by August 11
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an emergency directive on Friday mandating all federal agencies with Microsoft Exchange hybrid environments to patch a critical...
Windows 10 ESU: Microsoft Account Now Mandatory for Security Patches After 2025
The clock is ticking for the estimated hundreds of millions of PCs still running Windows 10. Microsoft has now confirmed a bitter pill for the privacy-conscious: if you want to keep receiving...
CrashPlan Touts Free OneDrive Backup for Microsoft 365 at TechCon 365 Atlanta
Ransomware attacks have paralyzed organizations of every size, and boardrooms are demanding more than just backup—they want ironclad cyber resilience that can restore critical Microsoft 365 data in...
Abnormal AI Automates Microsoft 365 Posture Management to Counter Midnight Blizzard-Style Attacks
Abnormal AI has unveiled a major update to its Security Posture Management platform, arming Microsoft 365 administrators with AI-driven automation to detect, prioritize, and remediate dangerous...
Leaked Docs: Israel Stored Millions of Palestinian Calls on Microsoft Azure
Millions of phone calls made by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank have been systematically intercepted, processed, and stored on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, according to a joint...
Microsoft Defender's New AI Agent Cuts Phishing Noise by 90%, Now in Public Preview
Microsoft has launched an AI-powered Phishing Triage Agent in public preview, embedding it directly into Microsoft Defender to automate the triage of user-reported phishing emails and slash...
Abnormal AI’s New Posture Management Auto-Prioritizes Microsoft 365 Risks for Faster Remediation
Abnormal AI has rolled out a substantial update to its Security Posture Management platform, embedding AI-driven automation deep into the process of identifying, prioritizing, and fixing...
NTT Data Unveils Global Microsoft Cloud Unit to Turbocharge AI-Driven Enterprise Transformation
NTT Data has launched a dedicated global business unit for Microsoft Cloud, a move executives say will accelerate enterprise adoption of secure, AI-powered cloud services amid soaring demand for...
CVE-2025-53786: How a Hybrid Exchange Flaw Turns On-Prem Access into Cloud Catastrophe
Attackers who manage to breach an on-premises Microsoft Exchange server can now pivot to the cloud with a set of unrevocable credentials—and for 24 hours, defenders are all but helpless. That is...
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...