Endpoint Security
The latest Endpoint Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
After Stealth Falcon Zero-Day, Disable These 5 Windows Features to Slash Attack Surface
A targeted espionage campaign exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Windows' WebDAV component has reignited calls for users to disable unnecessary built-in services. The Stealth Falcon group,...
Microsoft’s TPM 2.0 Mandate Is Non-Negotiable: Higher Education’s Multi-Million Ransomware Lesson
Microsoft has declared its TPM 2.0 hardware requirement for Windows 11 “non-negotiable,” closing the door on any hopes that the company might lower security standards to ease the transition from...
CISA Orders Patching of 2007 Excel Bug, 2013 IE Flaw, and 2025 WinRAR Zero-Day
On August 12, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog—two of them first disclosed during the...
Microsoft: CVE-2025-48807 Hyper V Exploit Demands Local Access, Yet Threatens Entire Host Infrastructures
Despite a CVE title suggesting a remote code execution flaw, Microsoft confirmed this week that CVE‑2025‑48807—a vulnerability in Hyper‑V’s Virtualization Service Provider (VSP)...
Microsoft Teams Flaw CVE-2025-53783: Unauthenticated RCE via Heap Overflow Sparks Urgent Patching
Microsoft has published a security advisory for CVE-2025-53783, a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Teams that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code remotely over a network. The...
CVE-2025-50155: Critical Windows Push Notifications EoP Flaw Exposes Systems to Full Takeover
A serious elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Push Notifications has been cataloged as CVE-2025-50155 by Microsoft, giving authenticated local attackers a clear path to SYSTEM-level...
Microsoft Issues Advisory for Critical Excel RCE Flaw CVE-2025-53739, Urges Immediate Patching
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53739, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on victims' machines simply by convincing them to open a specially...
CVE-2025-53734: Patch Visio Use-After-Free RCE Before Attackers Exploit Document Flaw
Microsoft has released a security update for a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Visio that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code simply by having a victim open a maliciously crafted...
Microsoft Patches Critical Excel Use-After-Free Flaw (CVE-2025-53735) That Executes Code via Malicious Spreadsheets
Microsoft has confirmed a serious use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53735, that can allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on a victim’s machine simply by...
Microsoft Issues Urgent Fix for CVE-2025-53724: Windows Push Notifications Type Confusion Bug Enables SYSTEM Access
Microsoft’s latest security advisory warns of a serious elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications Apps component, tracked as CVE-2025-53724. The flaw, rooted in a type...
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...
Actively Exploited AFD.sys Vulnerability Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access: Patch Now
Microsoft has patched a dangerous vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) that attackers are actively exploiting in the wild to gain complete control over...