Software Security
The latest Software Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
2025 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses: Analysis & Windows Security Implications
The 2025 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses arrives as a clear, data-driven wake-up call for developers, security teams, and procurement managers: adversaries continue to exploit a...
AI Agents, Sustainable Manufacturing, and F1 Cadence Shifts Reshape Tech Industry
The technology landscape is undergoing a profound transformation as three distinct but interconnected trends converge: the rise of sophisticated AI agents, a fundamental shift in software release...
Microsoft Azure Signing Transparency: Verifiable Ledger Security for Software Supply Chains
Microsoft's introduction of Signing Transparency for Azure represents a groundbreaking advancement in software security, leveraging verifiable ledger technology to create unprecedented accountability...
Windhawk: The Free, Open-Source Tool That Gives Windows 11 Users Real Customization
{ "title": "Windhawk: The Free, Open-Source Tool That Gives Windows 11 Users Real Customization", "content": "A free, open-source utility called Windhawk is rapidly becoming the go-to tool for...
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...
UK Government Developers Save an Hour a Day Using AI Coding Tools, But Remediation and Security Costs Cloud the Future
Nearly 2,000 public-sector engineers saved almost an hour per working day during a three-month trial of AI coding assistants across 50 UK government departments, but the data reveals a stark gap...
CVE-2025-55319: How Agentic AI in Visual Studio Code Can Enable Remote Code Execution
A newly listed vulnerability in Microsoft’s Security Response Center, CVE-2025-55319, pulls back the curtain on a dangerous new class of attacks: prompt injections that weaponize agentic AI...
DrugsControl.org’s Rummy Post Lacks Publisher Data, Posing a Windows 10 Security Puzzle
A short post on DrugsControl.org—a site better known for drug policy and public-health content—has both puzzled and alarmed the Windows community by offering a download guide for a Rummy card...
Visual Studio 2015 Support Cut-off Hits October 14, 2025—Coinciding with Windows 10's Last Day
Microsoft has set October 14, 2025, as the final curtain for Visual Studio 2015. On that date, all editions—from Enterprise and Professional to Community and Build Tools—lose every form of...
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...
Is the Cheap “Lifetime” License for Windows 11 Pro & Office 2021 Legitimate? Risks and Realities Explained
For millions of Windows users, students, and professionals, the lure of a cheap “lifetime” license for Windows 11 Pro and Microsoft Office 2021—sometimes bundled together for less than the...
Open-Source WinUI Promises Faster Innovation, Community-Driven Windows 11 UI Evolution
Microsoft’s evolving embrace of open-source philosophy is reverberating through the Windows ecosystem, with its recent advances on the WinUI front representing a pivotal chapter in the story of...