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The latest Tech Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Windows 10 End of Support in 2025: Essential Guide to Security, Upgrades, and Alternatives
The era of Windows 10 is drawing to a close, with Microsoft officially ending support on October 14, 2025. This change affects hundreds of millions of users and organizations worldwide, marking the...
Cybersecurity in 2025: Navigating the Evolving Threat Landscape and Defense Strategies
The cybersecurity landscape in 2025 is a battlefield marked by relentless innovation—both from defenders and increasingly skilled adversaries. Ransomware, data breaches, regulatory shifts, and...
Europe Needs a Public Sovereign Tech Fund to Fix Open Source’s Funding Crisis
Open source software is the invisible scaffolding of Europe’s digital economy, responsible for keeping crucial systems running, from government services and healthcare to finance and mobile apps....
Microsoft Ends Use of China-Based Engineers for U.S. DoD Cloud Support Amid Security Concerns
Microsoft's recent decision to cease utilizing China-based engineers for supporting the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) cloud computing systems marks a significant shift in the company's...
Microsoft’s China-Based Engineering Support for U.S. DoD Sparks National Security Debate
As the spotlight intensifies on global technology supply chains and the geostrategic competition between digital superpowers, revelations that Microsoft employed China-based engineers to support...
CU Anschutz’s Strategic Windows 11 Migration: A Model for Universities Ahead of Windows 10 End-of-Support
As the IT world braces for the end of Windows 10 support in October 2025, organizations globally are mapping out their migration to Windows 11. Academic institutions, which operate at the...
Passkeys defeat AI brute-force and phishing, driving a major shift away from passwords.
The cybersecurity landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as artificial intelligence (AI) becomes both a weapon for attackers and a tool for defenders. With tech giants like Google and Microsoft...
Microsoft's 9,000 Job Cuts: How AI and Automation Are Reshaping the Tech Workforce
Microsoft's announcement of approximately 9,000 job cuts marks the company's largest workforce reduction since 2023, signaling a seismic shift in the tech industry's approach to human labor in the...
Microsoft Integrates CISO into AI & Cloud Teams to Boost Security Strategy
Microsoft is making waves in the cybersecurity world by repositioning its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Igor Tsyganskiy, directly within its AI and cloud operations teams. This strategic...
Windows 10 End of Life 2025: Essential Guide to Upgrading to Windows 11
Microsoft's Windows 10 will reach its end of life on October 14, 2025, marking a critical turning point for millions of users. After this date, the operating system will no longer receive security...
Twitter API Breach of 2022: Lessons from 5.4 Million Exposed Users
When Twitter confirmed that a hacker exploited a significant security vulnerability, it set off alarm bells not just within the company, but across the wider digital landscape. Such incidents...
CVE-2025-32711: EchoLeak zero-click flaw in M365 Copilot lets emails exfiltrate data
In June 2025, cybersecurity researchers uncovered a critical zero-click vulnerability (CVE-2025-32711) in Microsoft 365 Copilot, marking one of the most severe AI-assisted security flaws to date....