Security Best Practices
The latest Security Best Practices coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Internal Phishing Threats Exploiting Microsoft 365 Direct Send: Understanding and Defending Against SMTP Relay Abuse
A silent crisis is unfolding within Microsoft 365 environments as attackers turn the platform’s own trusted features against its users. The rise of sophisticated phishing campaigns leveraging...
Windows Server 2025 BadSuccessor Vulnerability: Critical Active Directory Privilege Escalation Risk
Windows Server 2025, the cornerstone of the next generation of enterprise infrastructure, promised robust security advancements—yet it has found itself at the center of an intense debate following...
How Phishing Attacks Exploit Enterprise Email Security Trust and Link Wrapping
For years, enterprise email security has been built on foundations of trust and automated threat detection—mechanisms like link wrapping and URL rewriting intended to shield organizations from the...
CISA Adds Critical D-Link Vulnerabilities to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: Urgent Guidance for IoT Security
In the rapidly evolving world of cybersecurity, few alerts trigger as much widespread concern as those issued by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In its latest move,...
Exploiting Microsoft 365 Direct Send: A Rising Internal Phishing Threat and How to Mitigate It
The rapidly evolving landscape of cyber threats has once again placed Microsoft 365 at the forefront of organizational security concerns. Previously hailed as a linchpin of digital collaboration and...
Comprehensive Strategies for Securing Web Servers in 2025
In a digital era where threat actors evolve alongside the infrastructure they seek to undermine, securing a web server in 2025 demands more than just traditional firewalls and antivirus software. The...
Mitigating Phishing Attacks Exploiting Microsoft 365 Direct Send and SMTP Relay Vulnerabilities
Phishing attacks leveraging Microsoft 365’s Direct Send feature and unsecured SMTP relays are rapidly evolving, presenting significant risks for organizations across sectors. As cybercriminals...
How Cybercriminals Exploit Link Wrapping to Launch Sophisticated Microsoft 365 Phishing Attacks
Just as organizations have started to place their trust in security technologies designed to make email safer, a transformative threat has emerged that subverts these very foundations. Cybercriminals...
How Link Wrapping in Microsoft 365 Emails Became a Double-Edged Sword in Advanced Phishing Attacks
Cloudflare’s recent analysis of a wave of advanced phishing attacks targeting Microsoft 365 users has sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity community, exposing paradoxes at the heart of modern...
Microsoft Account Lockout Highlights Risks of Cloud Dependency and Digital Identity Vulnerabilities
A surge of concern reverberated throughout the global tech and open-source communities last week as Mike Kaganski, a leading LibreOffice developer, found himself locked out of his Microsoft account...
Windows 11 Security: Enhancements, Best Practices, and Real-World Challenges
Windows 11 has arrived not just with its familiar new polish and productivity tweaks, but with a promise: fundamentally stronger security for both everyday users and IT professionals. Microsoft touts...
Lazarus Group’s 2025 Evolution: Stealthy Attacks on Open Source Software Supply Chains
North Korea’s Lazarus Group has cemented its position as one of the most infamous cyber adversaries of the past decade, notorious for headline-grabbing operations like the Sony Pictures breach...