Microsoft is preparing one of the most consequential security shifts in Windows in decades, turning off NTLM authentication by default and pushing organizations toward modern, Kerberos based sign in.

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...

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Earlier this week, Microsoft patched a vulnerability that was flagged with the "highest ever" severity rating received by an ASP.NET Core security flaw. This HTTP request smuggling bug (CVE-2025-55315 ...

US Senator Ron Wyden has called for accountability after healthcare ransomware attacks exposed Windows vulnerabilities that Microsoft had known about for over a decade. US Senator Ron Wyden has ...

Senator's letter to FTC chairman cites ransomware attacks against infrastructure, health care organizations Senator compares Microsoft to 'arsonist selling firefighting services to their victims' ...

A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for “gross cybersecurity negligence,” citing the company’s continued use of an obsolete and vulnerable form ...

Even after 25 years, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) remains the backbone of identity and access management in up to 90% of enterprise IT environments worldwide, making it a high-value target for ...

Microsoft is testing a new feature called "Continue on PC" on Windows 11 that will allow users to resume the use of an active Android app on their smartphones without the need to manually do so. Users ...

Microsoft has extended Entra’s powerful access control capabilities to on-premises applications — but you’ll need to rid your network of NTLM to take advantage of adding cloud features to your Active ...

This isn’t a good month for IT admins to take time off if they want to get ahead of all the patches Microsoft pushed out this week. Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday release offers a rather complex set ...

Microsoft’s Leaked Pay Data: Top Engineers Earn $400,000+ Annually Your email has been sent Microsoft offers its top engineers annual salaries exceeding $400,000, with on-hire stock packages valued ...