November's Patch Tuesday updates fix 63 flaws in total but two of them are critical vulnerabilities that require your ...

The Microsoft Software Protection Platform, unveiled formally on Wednesday, requires that all customers consumers who buy PCs and business customers with volume licensing agreements activate their ...

Before you click, hover over links to verify their source and only download updates directly from Microsoft's official site. To add an extra layer of protection, install strong antivirus software that ...

A new report details Microsoft’s security progress and new deputy CISOs. A new report details Microsoft’s security progress and new deputy CISOs. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

Microsoft’s long, strange trip to protect its software from piracy took another twist last week after the company introduced Microsoft Software Protection Platform for its upcoming Vista and Longhorn ...

Microsoft says the ESU program is "not intended as a long-term solution but rather as a temporary bridge to stay secure while one migrates to a newer, supported platform."  Windows security ...

On some Windows 10 PCs, people trying to get an extra year of security upgrades were met with an error while signing up for Microsoft's Extended Security Update (ESU) program.

Above all else, Microsoft is launching the update in an effort to discern whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is authentic or pirated. The antipiracy upgrade, known as Windows Activation Technologies ...

Ransomware is nasty stuff. This type of malware encrypts files on your PC so that you can’t access them—unless you pay the attacker to unlock the data. In other words, your files are held hostage ...

A quiet Microsoft vulnerability in a popular collaboration platform opened the door to a much bigger cybersecurity threat. It’s funny how often the tools we trust most open the back door without us ...

Microsoft partners Rubrik and Veeam Software announced during this week's Microsoft Inspire conference that their solutions now have integrations with Microsoft 365 Backup. "The rise in ransomware ...