Windows is far better today at protecting your security out of the box compared to how it once was, but Windows Security and associated tools still aren’t perfect. You need to look out for threats ...

Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Schools faced more ransomware attacks than hospitals or governments faced in 2023, ...

Biometric authentication is a key piece of the tech industry's plans to make the world password-less. But a new method for duping Microsoft's Windows Hello facial-recognition system shows that a ...

ClickFix attack employs fake Windows security udpates. Updated November 27 with another Windows update warning, along with threat intelligence from the Acronis Threat Research Unit regarding the use ...

In the aftermath of the devastating CrowdStrike outage this July, Microsoft vowed to do better even though it insisted that the event was an aberration. Evidently unwilling to take chances (or risk ...

Microsoft says the April 2025 security updates are causing authentication issues on some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers. The list of impacted platforms includes Windows Server 2016, Windows ...

A Windows vulnerability that exposes NTLM hashes using .library-ms files is now actively exploited by hackers in phishing campaigns targeting government entities and private companies. The flaw ...

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Have you ever heard about Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)? Maybe not, but chances are you’ve been using it without even knowing. You see, MFA in the eyes of many is viewed as the gold standard for ...

There can be multiple reasons why you may want to disable NTML Authentication in Windows Domain. Some of the most common reasons are: NTML is not secure and offers weak encryption. In the case of NTML ...

Today’s credential-based attacks are much more sophisticated. Whether it’s advanced phishing techniques, credential stuffing, or even credentials compromised through social engineering or breaches of ...