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The latest Defense In Depth coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Closes Excel Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Hole (CVE-2025-53737) — Patch Now
Microsoft’s April 2025 security updates included a fix for a heap overflow vulnerability in Excel that attackers could exploit to run arbitrary code on a victim’s machine. Tracked as...
Microsoft’s June Patch Fixes Storport Driver Flaw That Could Expose Kernel Memory and Defeat ASLR
Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday quietly resolved a local information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Storage Port Driver (storport.sys) that could allow authenticated attackers to read...
Immediate Patch Urged for Windows Cloud Files Driver Flaw (CVE-2025-50170) That Escalates to SYSTEM
Microsoft has released a security advisory for CVE-2025-50170, a local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that could allow an attacker...
Critical Race Condition in Windows Graphics Lets Attackers Escalate to SYSTEM – What to Do
Microsoft has disclosed a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Component, tracked as CVE-2025-49743, that could allow attackers to gain SYSTEM-level access on a...
AgentFlayer Unleashed: Zero-Click Chains Turn Enterprise AI Agents into Stealth Insider Threats
At Black Hat USA 2025, Zenity Labs peeled back the curtain on a threat that security teams have long feared but rarely seen weaponized at scale: zero-click prompt injection attacks that silently...
Critical Vulnerabilities in Rockwell Automation and VMware Virtualization Threaten Industrial Cybersecurity
Industrial automation stands at the core of modern manufacturing and critical infrastructure. Yet, alongside its transformative potential, this sector faces mounting cybersecurity risks—risks...
CVE-2020-11023: jQuery flaw in Schneider System Monitor opens ICS to credential theft
Schneider Electric, a globally recognized leader in industrial automation and critical infrastructure technologies, recently came under the cybersecurity spotlight with a key vulnerability discovered...
Critical Vulnerabilities in Hitachi Energy's Asset Suite Threaten Global Energy Infrastructure
When vulnerabilities emerge in platforms as critical as Hitachi Energy’s Asset Suite, the fallout is felt across multiple layers of the world's energy infrastructure. In a digital landscape where...
Siemens Solid Edge Under Threat: Critical Vulnerabilities in SE2025 Demand Urgent Action
A series of critical vulnerabilities has been discovered in Siemens Solid Edge SE2025, a cornerstone Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software used extensively in critical manufacturing, engineering, and...
CISA Alert: Critical Flaw in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 Puts Power Grids at Risk
A critical vulnerability discovered in Siemens SIPROTEC 5 devices, the silent guardians of our electrical grid, has prompted an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...
Critical RCE Flaw in Siemens TIA Portal (CVE-2025-27127) Puts Industrial Operations at Risk
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Siemens' Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal, the central engineering software for controlling and automating industrial processes worldwide....
CVE-2022-23278 Explained: How to Secure Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Against Spoofing
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has long stood as a central pillar in enterprise security, serving as the frontline defense against malware, phishing, and a myriad of sophisticated cyberattacks....