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The latest Threat Intelligence coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
137 Fixes and a Win32K Type-Confusion Bug: Microsoft’s Mammoth July Patch Tuesday
Microsoft’s July 2025 security update is a behemoth, shipping patches for 137 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in SQL Server and a heap of critical remote code execution flaws. But buried in...
Windows AFD.sys Hit Again: Race Condition CVE-2025-49762 Opens Door to SYSTEM Access
Microsoft has disclosed yet another high-severity vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys), this time a race condition tracked as CVE-2025-49762 that allows a...
CVE-2025-25005: The Windows Vulnerability Shrouded in Uncertainty and What Admins Must Do Now
The discovery of a new Windows vulnerability always triggers a scramble for details, but CVE-2025-25005 has presented an unusual challenge: the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) advisory...
CVE-2025-53741: Microsoft Issues Emergency Excel Patch to Stop Remote Code Execution via Heap Overflow
Microsoft has disclosed a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Excel, tracked as CVE-2025-53741, that can give attackers the ability to remotely execute code on a vulnerable machine...
CVE-2025-33051: Exchange Server Leak Demands Urgent Patching and Credential Rotation
Microsoft’s June 2025 Patch Tuesday has surfaced CVE-2025-33051, an information disclosure vulnerability in Exchange Server that demands immediate attention from every organization running...
Abnormal AI Automates Microsoft 365 Posture Management to Counter Midnight Blizzard-Style Attacks
Abnormal AI has unveiled a major update to its Security Posture Management platform, arming Microsoft 365 administrators with AI-driven automation to detect, prioritize, and remediate dangerous...
Microsoft Defender's New AI Agent Cuts Phishing Noise by 90%, Now in Public Preview
Microsoft has launched an AI-powered Phishing Triage Agent in public preview, embedding it directly into Microsoft Defender to automate the triage of user-reported phishing emails and slash...
Abnormal AI’s New Posture Management Auto-Prioritizes Microsoft 365 Risks for Faster Remediation
Abnormal AI has rolled out a substantial update to its Security Posture Management platform, embedding AI-driven automation deep into the process of identifying, prioritizing, and fixing...
The 2025 Email Security Shift: Why Proofpoint, Mimecast, and Others Are Replacing Microsoft EOP
Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (EOP) has been the default email security gatekeeper for millions of businesses, but in 2025, a growing number of organizations are finding its basic defenses...
Navigating Digital Transformation and Security in the Era of AI and Quantum Computing
The digital revolution is no longer a promise on the horizon—it is the ordinary reality confronting every enterprise and government. In this new era, organizations are awash in both opportunity and...
Urgent Security Alert: Advanced Zero-Day Exploit Chain Targets Microsoft SharePoint Servers
A fresh wave of cyberattacks has ignited major concerns within enterprise IT and cybersecurity communities. At the center of this storm is a newly disclosed exploit chain targeting Microsoft...
Critical Microsoft SharePoint 'ToolShell' Vulnerabilities: Impact, Analysis, and Mitigation Strategies
A new wave of critical security vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint has sent shockwaves through the global IT and cybersecurity landscape, as revelations of real-world exploitation continue to...