Security Monitoring
The latest Security Monitoring coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Wazuh in 2026: One-Host SIEM Deployment Is Easy—But Real Security Hinges on Your Ops Team
Wazuh’s open-source SIEM and XDR platform no longer requires a sprawling infrastructure to get started. As of June 29, 2026, you can deploy a fully functional security monitoring stack on a single...
Windows 11 Now Includes Native Sysmon: What This Means for Security & Privacy
Microsoft has quietly integrated one of the security community's most trusted monitoring tools directly into Windows 11, moving Sysmon (System Monitor) from its traditional home in the Sysinternals...
CVE-2026-20804 patch released for Windows Hello privilege escalation flaw
Microsoft has disclosed a significant security vulnerability in its Windows Hello biometric authentication system, designated CVE-2026-20804, which presents a local privilege escalation risk that...
Unverified Deserialization Flaw in Microsoft HPC Pack Could Enable Remote Code Execution
Microsoft’s High Performance Compute (HPC) Pack is under scrutiny after a report surfaced describing a critical deserialization vulnerability that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code...
Copilot Studio Now Intercepts Agent Actions for Real-Time Security Vetoes
Microsoft has shifted the security model for its Copilot Studio from passive guardrails to active, inline enforcement. Organizations can now route an AI agent’s planned actions—including prompts,...
When 99% of Cloud Breaches Start with a Checkbox: Inside Borderless CS's New Hardening Offensive
Misconfigured cloud storage buckets, unchanged default admin passwords, and unpatched Windows servers continue to fuel the majority of enterprise breaches—and one Australian cybersecurity firm just...
Rockwell Automation Patches FactoryTalk Action Manager Vulnerability That Broadcasts API Tokens
Rockwell Automation has confirmed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability in its FactoryTalk Action Manager software that broadcasts reusable API tokens over local WebSocket channels,...
Phantom Firewall Error 2042 in Windows 11 Exposes Microsoft’s Communication Breakdown
Microsoft’s handling of a spurious firewall error in Windows 11 24H2 escalated from a minor logging glitch into a full-blown trust crisis this summer, when the company prematurely declared the...
Critical Heap Overflow in Windows RRAS: Patch Now to Protect VPN Gateways from Remote Code Execution
Microsoft’s June–July 2025 security updates address a critical heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could allow remote code execution against...
CellTrust's SL2 Lands in Microsoft Teams Store, Delivering Compliant Mobile Message Capture to Purview
Regulated enterprises can now deploy mobile messaging capture directly inside Microsoft Teams, as CellTrust’s SL2 platform lands in both Microsoft AppSource and the Teams Store. The move...
Exchange Hybrid Bug Lets Attackers Quietly Escalate to Cloud Admin — Patch Now
A single compromise on a dusty, overlooked Exchange Server can now silently hand an attacker the keys to your entire Microsoft 365 kingdom — with no alarm raised and no audit trail left behind....
Tenable Unveils AI Exposure: New Module Secures ChatGPT and Copilot in Enterprises
Tenable has launched a private customer preview of Tenable AI Exposure, a new module within its Tenable One platform engineered to give organizations visibility and control over generative AI tools...