Windows Users: The Government of India's cyber security agency CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team) has issued a serious security alert for Windows and Microsoft Office users in July 2025.
Alert for Windows Users: The Indian Government's cyber security agency CERT-In (Indian Computer Emergency Response Team), has issued a serious security alert for Windows and Microsoft Office users in July 2025. According to this warning, flaws have been found in many Microsoft products, taking advantage of which hackers can steal personal information of users or cause serious damage to the system.
This warning will affect millions of people and companies, because most computer systems around the world depend on Windows and its related products like Office, Azure, Dynamics etc.
What is said in the CERT-In report?
This alert issued by the government has been placed under 'high-severity', meaning the threat is extremely serious. The report states that there are many vulnerabilities in Microsoft's software, which can allow hackers to do this.
- Gaining control over the system
- Stealing sensitive data
- Remote code running attack
- Bypassing security measures
- tampering with system settings
- Temporary shutdown of a server or network
- Spoofing attack i.e. intrusion into someone else's identity
By exploiting these vulnerabilities, cyber attackers can easily target any system, whether it is for personal use or used at the corporate level.
Which users are at risk?
According to CERT-In, the following Microsoft services are vulnerable to this threat.
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Edge or another browser
- Developer Tools
- SQL Server
- SystemCenter
- Azure
Old Microsoft services for which ESU (Extended Security Updates) are available
Some apps
If you use any of these products, your system is at risk. Especially business tools and cloud services like Azure are also targeted by hackers.
What did Microsoft say and what is the solution?
Microsoft has taken this threat seriously and has released security patches and updates to resolve these problems. The company says that these flaws have not been exploited on a large scale so far, but the threat remains.
Users are advised to immediately turn on automatic updates on their system, install the new update and restart the system so that all security measures can take effect and your system remains safe.
