Security Updates
The latest Security Updates coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 24H2 Kills WordPad, Buries Cortana: Your Migration Roadmap
Microsoft quietly removed WordPad from Windows 11 version 24H2 this month, ending a 28-year run for the unassuming rich-text editor. The cut is the latest in a string of feature retirements that also...
Google's Alt+Space Overlay Brings Lens, AI Search to Windows. Here's How It Works and What to Watch For.
What’s New Google has released an experimental Windows app that places a compact, floating search bar at your fingertips. The tool, hosted in Google’s Search Labs, can be summoned anytime by...
SymphonyAI Connects Plant Floors to Microsoft Teams via MCP
SymphonyAI announced on September 16 that its IRIS Foundry industrial AI platform now surfaces insights directly inside Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot, using the Model Context Protocol to...
How Windows Users Can Leverage Tmux for Persistent SSH Sessions and Terminal Multitasking
Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux has quietly turned millions of Windows desktops into Linux-capable workstations. But one tool that still catches many newcomers off guard is Tmux, a terminal...
Office 2016/2019 Support Ends October 14 with No ESU — Here’s What IT Teams Must Do Now
On October 14, 2025, Microsoft will pull the plug on all support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 — and unlike some other aging products, these productivity suites will receive no Extended Security...
AI Agents Get Corporate IDs: Inside Microsoft and Workday’s Landmark Integration
Enterprise AI agents are about to get their own set of corporate credentials. Microsoft and Workday have quietly stitched together a system that assigns verified, directory-backed identities to...
Microsoft’s Copilot App Will Auto-Install on Windows PCs Starting October — No Easy Way to Opt Out
Microsoft confirmed this week that Windows machines running desktop versions of Word, Excel, or other Microsoft 365 apps will soon see a new addition to their Start menu — automatically. Beginning...
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...
Surface Hub v1 Faces Hard October 14 Deadline as Microsoft Blocks ESU for Windows 10 Team
In a stark advisory that has sent IT and AV teams scrambling, Microsoft has confirmed that Surface Hub v1 devices running Windows 10 Team edition will lose all support and Teams functionality on...
Microsoft to Automatically Install Copilot App on All Windows 365 PCs in October, EEA Excluded
Microsoft will begin automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on Windows devices running the M365 desktop apps starting early October 2025, a move that thrusts the company’s AI...
Windows 10 Support Ends October 2025: BPO Industry's Migration Crisis Deepens
Less than six months before Microsoft retires security support for Windows 10, business process outsourcing (BPO) firms are staring down an operational emergency. On October 14, 2025, the company...
Firefox 143 Update Turns Favorite Sites into Windows Taskbar Apps, Adds Copilot
Mozilla has shipped Firefox 143 with a feature Windows users have requested for years: the ability to pin any website to the taskbar as a standalone web app. The update—rolling out now through the...