Windows Security
The latest Windows Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows Server Security: BeyondTrust's 10-Year Report Uncovers Recurring RCE and EoP Threats
A decade of Microsoft security bulletins reveals a stubborn truth: the same handful of vulnerability classes keep hammering Windows Server environments, and defenders who ignore these patterns do so...
Microsoft Defender Achieves Top Lab Scores, Smart App Control Makes Paid Antivirus Optional
Microsoft Defender has quietly evolved into a security platform that outperforms many paid antivirus suites in independent lab tests—and now it packs an execution control feature called Smart App...
Windows 10 Security Updates End on October 14: Healthcare’s Looming Compliance and Insurance Crisis
October 14, 2025, is not just another date on Microsoft’s lifecycle calendar—it’s the day Windows 10 stops receiving security updates, and for healthcare organizations, that silence will be...
When Windows 11 Security Locked Out Valorant Players: The VAN9003 Error and How to Defeat It
For months, Valorant enthusiasts running Windows 11 have been ambushed by a frustrating error: VAN9003, accompanied by the message “This build of Vanguard is out of compliance with current system...
New Open-Source AppLockerGen Tool Promises Easier XML Policy Editing — But Beware the Pitfalls
Windows administrators and security engineers struggling with the arcane XML syntax of AppLocker policies have a new ally: AppLockerGen, an open-source Streamlit-based graphical editor that promises...
Microsoft Fast-Tracks Quantum-Safe Crypto: 2029 Early Adoption, 2033 Full Transition for Windows and Azure
Microsoft has drawn a hard line in the sand: all its products and services must be quantum-safe by 2033. That target—two years ahead of the 2035 deadline set by most governments—comes with an...
Louisville's AI Experiment: $2M, 5–10 Pilots, and a Race to Save Staff Hours by 2027
Louisville is betting $2 million that a handful of tightly focused AI pilots can shave hours off routine government tasks and prove a measurable return on investment within two years. The city’s...
Proofpoint Link Wrappers Hijacked in Malvertising Campaign Targeting Microsoft 365 Credentials
A sophisticated malvertising campaign is abusing legitimate link-wrapping services from Proofpoint and Intermedia, combined with Microsoft’s own Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) redirect...
Patch Now: Microsoft's netbt.sys Kernel Flaw (CVE-2025-55230/47996) Grants Attackers Full Control
A local elevation-of-privilege flaw in the Windows MBT Transport driver—the kernel component behind NetBIOS over TCP/IP—can hand attackers full SYSTEM rights, and while Microsoft’s July 2025...
PC Manager’s 7.8 CVSS Flaw Exposed: How Symlinks Give Attackers SYSTEM Rights
A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-29975 in Microsoft PC Manager hands local attackers a direct path to full SYSTEM control. With a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (high) and a low attack complexity, the bug...
Windows 10's October 2025 Deadline: Why Defender Is Your Best Bet—and Where It Falls Short
Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows 10 security updates on October 14, 2025. That date is non-negotiable. Yet millions of users still wrap themselves in three dangerous myths: that paying for...
India’s CERT-In Issues High-Risk Alert as Microsoft’s August Patch Fixes Zero-Day and 110+ Other Vulnerabilities
India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued a high-risk advisory on August 18, 2025, warning that millions of Windows, Office, and Azure users face looming danger unless they...