Emergency update now available. Anadolu Agency Following on from Microsoft’s warning that its most recent security update was failing for some users and breaking Windows, the company has just released an emergency out-of-band update. This is the second such fix within the last two weeks. ForbesWhy You Should Stop Texting On Your iPhone Or Android … Read more
Here’s when passwords will be deleted. Anadolu via Getty Images Republished on May 31 with a new attack on Microsoft account passwords. Microsoft wants to delete passwords for its billion-plus users, now “the password era is ending” and set against the backdrop of hundreds of millions of email addresses and passwords being stolen. “Bad actors … Read more
Here’s when passwords will be deleted. Anadolu via Getty Images Microsoft wants to delete passwords for its billion-plus users, now “the password era is ending” and set against the backdrop of hundreds of millions of email addresses and passwords being stolen. “Bad actors know” passwords are finished, Microsoft says, “which is why they’re desperately accelerating … Read more
How to stop the dreaded BSOD Getty Images Microsoft has issued an emergency update after users were hit by May’s mandatory security update breaking Windows. “Windows 10 might repeatedly display the BitLocker recovery screen at startup,” Microsoft confirmed, pointing any affected users the newly issued out of bounds update via its Update Catalog. Windows Latest … Read more
More bad news for Windows 10 users. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Republished on May 18 with news of an updated user support document following confirmation of the latest issue and promises of a fix. Here we go again. New reports suggest an increasing number of users are being hit with BitLocker Recovery screens and … Read more
Surprise new offer from Microsoft Getty Images No one saw this coming. Microsoft’s campaign to push Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 had been heading in just one direction. Until now. The Windows-maker has suddenly and quietly changed a critical deadline, which will surprise the 700 million PC owners yet to move to … Read more
Microsoft’s new offer targets hundreds of millions of users NurPhoto via Getty Images Your Microsoft Windows PC is a honeypot for hackers, scammers and malware. Last year was a record for the number of such vulnerabilities, and so it seems unimaginable to let a PC fall off support, to be exposed to all these risks. … Read more
New warning for Windows users. VCG via Getty Images Microsoft is having a moment. April’s updates have caused as many problems as they’ve resolved, at least from a user perspective. Mysterious folders have appeared on PCs along with dire warnings. And now a new error pushes users to redo an update. But Microsoft has now … Read more
Paper Werewolf spying attacks use Microsoft Word docs getty With at least seven observed campaigns under its belt since 2022, threat intelligence analysts have now reported a surge in the activity of the Paper Werewolf cluster, also known as GOFFEE, which uses infected Microsoft Windows Word documents to launch mostly espionage-driven, credential-compromising attacks. ForbesGoogle Chrome … Read more
Here’s what not to do when you update your PC NurPhoto via Getty Images Republished on December 29 with new reports into another Windows update issue hitting users. Microsoft has confirmed an unusual warning for Windows users updating their PCs. If you make a simple mistake, your PC “might remain in a state where it … Read more