Zero Trust
The latest Zero Trust coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Veeam Ships First-Ever Software Appliance to Bypass Windows Licensing and Harden Backups
Veeam has shipped its first-ever software appliance—a pre-hardened, Linux-based backup platform that can be deployed on any commodity hardware, bypassing the need for Windows Server licensing and...
Veeam’s Software Appliance Delivers Instant Azure Recovery, Axes Windows Licensing for Backups
Veeam is betting that a software-only backup appliance running a hardened Linux Just Enough OS will finally untether enterprises from Windows licensing overhead and months-long configuration cycles....
Windows 11 Slashed Security Incidents by 62%, But VPNs Are Still Essential for Network Defense
Windows 11's hardware-enforced security baseline cut reported security incidents by up to 62%, but it doesn't encrypt your network traffic. That's where a VPN comes in, transforming a hardened device...
Microsoft Offers Free Copilot to Feds in $3B OneGov Deal—But Critics Cry Lock-In and Security Risks
The U.S. General Services Administration has struck a deal with Microsoft that makes Microsoft 365 Copilot free for eligible federal agencies for the first year—the latest in a string of...
Hanmi Pharma’s 5G AI PC Strategy: Surface Copilot+ and M365 Copilot Transform Field Sales
Hanmi Pharmaceutical, one of South Korea’s largest R&D-driven drug developers, has equipped its entire field sales force with 5G-connected Surface Copilot+ PCs and deployed Microsoft 365...
Free Microsoft Copilot for Feds: Inside the $3.1 Billion Government AI Deal and Its Hidden Costs
The U.S. General Services Administration and Microsoft have struck a deal to provide millions of federal workers with one year of free access to Microsoft 365 Copilot, a move the agency says will...
Microsoft enforces Azure MFA by October 2025 as Meta patches zero-click WhatsApp flaw CVE-2025-55177, making identity the new enterprise perimeter.
Meta has patched a zero-click vulnerability in WhatsApp that could let attackers execute code without any user interaction, while Microsoft will begin enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for...
Life Without Barriers' Microsoft Security Overhaul: 321,000 Sensitive Files Tagged, 8.3M Activities Monitored
Life Without Barriers, one of Australia’s largest human‑services nonprofits, has uncovered over 321,000 documents containing sensitive data—and automated their protection—in a sweeping...
CERT-In Urges Immediate Patching of Critical Microsoft Edge, Windows Server, and Azure Databricks Flaws to Avert Ransomware
India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued a high-severity advisory warning organizations and individuals to urgently patch a range of Microsoft products, including the Edge...
Storm-0501 Abuses Entra Connect Sync to Launch Cloud-Based Ransomware, Microsoft Reveals
Storm-0501, a financially motivated threat actor, has pulled off a brazen hybrid attack that began with a compromised on-premises Active Directory, pivoted through Entra Connect Sync to seize Global...
RDP Timing Attacks Explode to 30,000 Malicious IPs in Pre-Attack Reconnaissance on U.S. Schools
Last week, threat intelligence firm GreyNoise observed a coordinated scanning campaign targeting Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services that rapidly escalated from an initial wave of nearly...
VCF 9.0 Ships with Free Private AI Services, Broadcom Claims It Beats Public Cloud
Broadcom is staking a dramatic claim: enterprise AI belongs on-premises, and it just made the move a lot cheaper. At VMware Explore 2025 in Las Vegas, the company announced that VMware Private AI...