Windows Security
The latest Windows Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
AI as Infrastructure: How 2025 Redefined Windows and Enterprise Operations
The year 2025 marked a fundamental shift in how organizations perceive and deploy artificial intelligence. What began as promising productivity features evolved into critical industrial...
Windows 11 BitLocker Hardware Acceleration: Offloading Encryption to Silicon for Better Performance
Microsoft has quietly reworked BitLocker encryption in Windows 11 to leverage hardware acceleration capabilities, fundamentally changing how full-disk encryption operates on modern PCs. This...
Mustang Panda's ToneShell Rootkit: How Signed Drivers Threaten Windows Security
The cybersecurity landscape has witnessed a significant escalation in sophistication from state-linked threat actors, with Chinese-affiliated group Mustang Panda deploying an advanced kernel-level...
New Windows Agent Launchers in build 26252 embed AI agent registry directly into the OS.
Microsoft's latest Windows Insider preview has quietly introduced what could become one of the most significant platform shifts of the AI era: a system-level registry for autonomous software agents...
Microsoft Kerberos Security Overhaul: AES Defaults Replace RC4 by 2026
Microsoft's announcement that it will stop issuing RC4-based Kerberos tickets by default on domain controllers marks a significant turning point in Windows enterprise security. After more than two...
BitLocker’s performance penalty vanishes on new silicon—if your firmware plays along
Microsoft has quietly baked a profound change into recent Windows 11 updates: the operating system can now hand off the heavy lifting of BitLocker encryption to dedicated hardware inside the...
Microsoft clarifies 2030 Rust migration goal is research, not an AI rewrite of Windows
When a senior Microsoft engineer posted a recruitment manifesto with the provocative goal "to eliminate every line of C and C++ from Microsoft by 2030" and the ambitious north-star metric "1...
Hardware encryption silicon cuts BitLocker CPU load to near zero in Windows 11
Microsoft's recent implementation of hardware-accelerated BitLocker encryption represents a fundamental shift in how Windows handles storage security, moving encryption operations from the CPU to...
Hardware Accelerated BitLocker: Windows 11's Game-Changing Encryption Upgrade
Microsoft has begun shipping a long-promised performance and security upgrade to BitLocker that fundamentally changes how Windows 11 handles disk encryption. Hardware-accelerated BitLocker represents...
Windows Antivirus 2025: Evolving from Endpoint Protection to Integrated Security Platform
The antivirus conversation for Windows in 2025 has fundamentally shifted from "does it catch viruses?" to how it integrates within a modern, holistic security architecture. As cyber threats grow more...
Microsoft's Rust Revolution: AI-Powered Plan to Replace C/C++ by 2030 for Windows Security
In December 2025, a senior Microsoft engineer unveiled an audacious vision that sent shockwaves through the software development community: a comprehensive plan to eliminate every line of C and C++...
Hardware Accelerated BitLocker: Silicon-Bound Encryption Revolutionizes Windows Security & Performance
Microsoft has fundamentally transformed one of Windows' most critical security features by moving BitLocker encryption from software execution on the CPU to dedicated silicon hardware, promising...