Endpoint Security
The latest Endpoint Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft’s Windows 365 Cloud Apps Public Preview: Stream Single Apps, Not the Whole Desktop
Microsoft took the wraps off Windows 365 Cloud Apps on September 18, 2025, pushing the service into public preview with a clear message: not every worker needs a full Cloud PC. The new capability...
Apple Mac Shipments Leap 15.5% as Businesses Weigh Windows 10 Deadline and AI Needs
Apple’s Mac business in the United States grew 15.5 percent year-over-year in the second quarter, according to Canalys data analyzed by Computerworld — a surge that made it the fastest-growing PC...
When Defender Quarantines Your Files: How to Restore, Exclude, and Stay Secure on Windows
Microsoft Defender stops thousands of threats every day, silently quarantining files it deems suspicious. But when it snags a trusted installer or a home-grown script, the silence turns into...
Microsoft PC Manager Vulnerability Leaks Passwords — Patch Available
Microsoft has confirmed a troubling security flaw in PC Manager, its free system maintenance utility for Windows, that stores sensitive information in plain text, leaving credentials and other...
Windows 11's Smart App Control Gets Outsmarted: Researchers Uncover Multiple Bypass Techniques
Security researchers have documented real-world attacks that slip past Windows 11’s Smart App Control, exposing cracks in Microsoft’s cloud-powered application gatekeeper. The findings, published...
Silent Copilot Push: Microsoft’s 365 AI App Auto-Installs on Windows, But You Can Block It
Microsoft plans to quietly push the Microsoft 365 Copilot app onto Windows devices starting in the fall of 2025—a move that will affect millions of business and consumer machines, but one that...
Windows 10’s October 2025 Deadline Is Firm: Here Are the Only 5 Ways to Stay Secure
Windows 10 will receive its final free security patches on October 14, 2025. When that date passes, any PC still running the operating system without a paid extension or a workaround will be...
Microsoft Defender Antivirus Now Matches Paid Suites in Protection, Lab Tests Confirm
Independent test labs now rank Microsoft’s built-in antivirus among the top performers for both protection and system impact, erasing years of reputation as a bare-minimum solution. AV‑TEST...
Windows 11 25H2 Cuts PowerShell 2.0 and WMIC: An IT Migration Blueprint
Microsoft has quietly excised two decades-old administration tools—Windows PowerShell 2.0 and the WMIC command-line utility—from new Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 images starting with the...
Microsoft Patches Critical Type-Confusion Bug in Windows Defender Firewall Service (CVE-2025-54915)
Microsoft has released a patch for CVE-2025-54915, a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that exploits a type-confusion error. The flaw, described by...
Microsoft Fixes High-Impact BitLocker Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2025-54911)
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in Windows BitLocker, tracked as CVE-2025-54911, that could allow a local attacker to elevate privileges from a standard user...
Patch Windows MultiPoint Services Immediately — CVE-2025-54116 Grants Attackers SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has patched a dangerous local privilege escalation vulnerability in Windows MultiPoint Services that could allow attackers with a foothold on a machine to gain full SYSTEM-level control....