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Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.

Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture.

Windows 11 includes multiple built-in security layers designed to protect your system from modern cyber threats. One such ...

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As AI gets more heavily integrated into Windows, enhanced cybersecurity is required to prevent it from being used against us. Take Reprompt, for example. Reprompt is a Copilot exploit, that can use ...

Microsoft’s decision to end support for Windows 10 has turned a routine product sunset into a global infrastructure problem.

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A surge in phishing attacks which exploit email routing settings and misconfigured domain spoofing protections to spoof domains and make malicious emails appear as if they were sent from within the ...

Cybercriminals and state-sponsored hackers are increasingly exploiting Microsoft’s legitimate OAuth 2.0 device authorization process to hijack enterprise accounts, bypassing multifactor authentication ...

The company’s new approach is that anything touching Microsoft services is eligible for a bug bounty, regardless of its source. Today’s AI-enabled attackers are agnostic: They’re not limiting ...