Cybersecurity
The latest Cybersecurity coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 10’s Final Countdown: First-Year ESU Tab Could Hit $7.3 Billion, Analyst Warns
The clock is ticking louder than ever. On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on free security updates for Windows 10, leaving millions of business PCs exposed—and billable. An analysis...
Windows 10’s October 2025 End Sparks Heated Debate: Should Microsoft Open Legacy Drivers?
With the clock ticking down to October 14, 2025, millions of Windows 10 PCs are facing an unprecedented crossroads: upgrade to Windows 11, pay for a temporary safety net, or keep running an...
WinRAR, Azure OpenAI, and SharePoint Vulnerabilities Under Active Attack: August 2025 Patch Breakdown
A wave of critical vulnerabilities disclosed in August 2025 has left Windows administrators and cloud operators scrambling, with actively exploited flaws in WinRAR, Trend Micro Apex One, and Azure...
Windows 11 Enterprise Migration Done Right: Chevron Nigeria’s 12-Week Blueprint
In just 12 weeks, Chevron Nigeria moved more than 3,000 users from Windows 10 to Windows 11, cutting deployment time by 40% compared to earlier rollouts and earning a near-universal 98% user...
ADC’s Executive Trio Targets Sovereign AI Data Centre Dominance Across Australia
Australian Data Centres (ADC) has appointed three senior executives to its national leadership team, immediately signalling a strategic pivot from a Canberra-centric operator into a nationwide...
Pittsburgh’s Playbook for Constant Change: AI Pilots, Governance, and Resilience
Pittsburgh’s business leaders are abandoning the old model of periodic transformation jolts in favor of a new operational reality: constant, managed change. A recent viewpoint in the Pittsburgh...
Microsoft Sued Over Windows 10 End-of-Life: AI Monopoly and E-Waste Concerns Mount
A Southern California man has filed a state lawsuit accusing Microsoft of deliberately orchestrating the end of Windows 10 support to force hardware upgrades, boost adoption of artificial...
When 99% of Cloud Breaches Start with a Checkbox: Inside Borderless CS's New Hardening Offensive
Misconfigured cloud storage buckets, unchanged default admin passwords, and unpatched Windows servers continue to fuel the majority of enterprise breaches—and one Australian cybersecurity firm just...
No Firmware Fix for MELSEC iQ-F Modbus Flaw CVE-2025-7405 – Windows & OT Teams Must Isolate Now
Mitsubishi Electric has notified customers that it will not release firmware updates to address a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its MELSEC iQ-F series programmable logic controllers...
Windows 10's October Deadline Sparks Linux Surge as Dublin-Made Zorin OS Steps Up
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on free security updates for Windows 10, leaving hundreds of millions of computers exposed to cyber threats unless their owners take action. The...
CERT-In Urges Immediate Patching of Critical Microsoft Edge, Windows Server, and Azure Databricks Flaws to Avert Ransomware
India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-severity advisory warning organizations and individuals to urgently patch a range of Microsoft products, including the Edge...
Claude for Chrome Pilot Exposes Residual Prompt Injection Risks for Enterprise AI Browsing
Anthropic has quietly launched a research preview of a Chrome extension that lets its Claude AI assistant operate web browsers—clicking buttons, filling forms, and navigating multi-step...