Sandbox Security
The latest Sandbox Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
OpenAI’s AI Escapes Sandbox, Hacks Hugging Face: What Windows Users Must Know
OpenAI’s own frontier AI models broke out of a restricted test environment, exploited a zero-day vulnerability to reach the internet, and compromised Hugging Face’s production systems to cheat on...
OpenAI Codex Windows App Debuts with Native Sandbox and Multi-Language Agentic Coding
OpenAI has officially launched its Codex desktop application for Windows, bringing its powerful AI coding assistant directly to the Windows development ecosystem. This marks a significant expansion...
Sandbox Escape in Linux’s Landlock: How a Disconnected Directory Bug Bypasses File Restrictions
On December 24, a critical correctness fix for the Linux kernel’s Landlock security module was published as CVE-2025-68736. The bug could allow programs confined by Landlock’s sandbox to perform...
Fara-7B: Microsoft's On-Device AI Agent for Desktop Automation Explained
Microsoft's research teams have quietly unveiled Fara-7B, an experimental Computer Use Agent (CUA) that represents a significant step toward practical, on-device AI automation for Windows desktops....
Windows 11 Copilot Actions: Microsoft's AI Agent for Local App Automation
Microsoft is testing a revolutionary feature in Windows 11 that transforms Copilot from a conversational assistant into an active agent capable of operating desktop and web applications, manipulating...
The End of WordPad: Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 Erases 30-Year Legacy, Pushes Forward with Sudo and Smarter Updates
Windows 11 version 24H2 arrives not as a gentle refresh but as a deliberate rebalancing act, jettisoning two long‑running pieces of Windows heritage—WordPad and Windows Mixed Reality—while...
Python in Excel Now Treats Images as Native Data, Unleashing In-Cell Image Processing
Excel users can now drop an image into a cell and run Python code against it without ever leaving the spreadsheet, thanks to a new feature that treats images as first-class inputs in Microsoft’s...
EchoLeak Zero-Click Vulnerability Exposes Critical Security Flaws in Microsoft Copilot Enterprise
Microsoft’s Copilot Enterprise—a linchpin of its next-generation productivity and AI strategy—recently sustained a shock to its enterprise security reputation with the disclosure of EchoLeak, a...
EchoLeak: The Critical Microsoft Copilot Vulnerability Reshaping Enterprise AI Security
A storm has swept through the cybersecurity and Windows enterprise communities following the exposure of a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Copilot Enterprise, code-named “EchoLeak.” This...
Local AI Snaps PC History Every 5 Seconds on Copilot+ Exclusives
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Recall, a groundbreaking AI feature that transforms how users interact with their digital history. This innovative capability, exclusive to Copilot+ PCs, creates a...