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The latest Windows Security coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
How Microsoft Plans to Stop AI Agents from Running Wild on Your PC
On June 2, 2026, at its annual Build developer conference, Microsoft announced an early preview of Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC), a software development kit designed to confine what autonomous...
Microsoft IQ Goes GA at Build 2026, Ties Enterprise Context to GitHub Copilot and Foundry
Microsoft made its long-anticipated enterprise AI fabric generally available on June 2, 2026, as Build kicked off in San Francisco. Microsoft IQ — a contextual intelligence layer that stitches...
Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN Hit by Active Exploits—Here’s How to Secure Your Windows PCs and Servers
Palo Alto Networks has patched a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in its GlobalProtect VPN after confirming that attackers are actively trying to break into unpatched devices. The flaw,...
Your Patch Tuesday Routine Is Incomplete: Why Microsoft’s Update Revisions Demand Attention
On the second Tuesday of each month, Windows users and admins worldwide brace for Patch Tuesday. But Microsoft’s security story doesn’t end when the patches download. Behind the scenes, the...
Microsoft Build 2026: Windows, GitHub, Fabric, and Azure Unite as a Single Operating Platform for AI Agents
Microsoft’s Build 2026 conference opened on June 2 with a sweeping vision: the company’s entire product stack—from Windows and GitHub to Microsoft Fabric and Azure—is now a unified operating...
Microsoft Scout: Always-On AI Agent for Teams, Email, and M365 Unveiled at Build 2026
Microsoft took the wraps off Scout at its Build developer conference on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. The new offering marks the company’s most aggressive push yet into always-on workplace AI, placing an...
AI-Assisted Threat Actor Built EDR Evasion Tool in Days with Cursor, Claude
Sophos X-Ops researchers have uncovered a bold new chapter in cybercriminal innovation: threat actors turning to AI-assisted development environments to accelerate the creation of endpoint detection...
Before running Microsoft Defender Offline Scan, save all open work first
Microsoft Defender Offline scan can purge deeply embedded malware that resists removal while Windows is running. Unlike a standard quick or full scan, this tool restarts your PC into a minimal,...
Malicious npm packages hit Windows dev machines in two-day dependency confusion campaign
Microsoft Threat Intelligence disclosed on May 29, 2026 that a fresh wave of dependency confusion attacks targeting the npm ecosystem leveraged malicious postinstall scripts to conduct reconnaissance...
Surface Laptop 8 for Business Gets Built-In Privacy Screen With Dedicated Keyboard Key
Microsoft is embedding a hardware-level privacy display directly into the Surface Laptop 8 for Business, transforming how professionals protect on-screen data in public and open-office environments....
CISA Flags 3 Supply-Chain Flaws in DAEMON Tools, TanStack, Nx Console
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added three critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog on May 27, 2026, following confirmed reports of...
Windows Teams admins must patch dnsmasq CVE-2026-4893 to stop DNS data leak
CVE-2026-4893 landed on security scanners May 11, 2026, and immediately flickered across vulnerability dashboards worldwide. Rated medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5, the information disclosure...