Microsoft typically releases updates for Windows as part of its monthly “Patch Tuesday” blitz, but the company took the unusual step of releasing an emergency out-of-band security update late Monday ...

Contrary to expectations of dramatic corporate rivalries, it's not uncommon for companies to report bugs they found on other, even rival, companies' products. Some, however, have certain policies that ...

It was a notable accomplishment when Windows 7 was not impacted in any way by the vulnerabilities addressed in the six Security Bulletins released by Microsoft for the November Patch Tuesday. It would ...

Google’s Project Zero says that hackers have been actively exploiting a Windows zero-day that isn’t likely to be patched until almost two weeks from now. In keeping with long-standing policy, Google’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Ophir Harpaz and Daniel Goldberg, two security researchers at ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Millions of computers globally are still running Windows 10.Attackers are ready, willing, and able to ...

Why it matters: Google's Threat Analysis Group released details on Thursday of an exploit that allows privileged escalation in Windows when used in conjunction with a recently patched Google Chrome ...

Microsoft has patched three actively exploited vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute malicious code or elevate system privileges on devices that run Windows. Two of the security ...

Microsoft Windows users who are yet to patch a severe vulnerability, for which security updates were released almost two months ago, are putting themselves at risk from hackers. The CVE-2019-0708 ...

It has been revealed that a threat actor once best known for cyber bank robbery in Russia has made a move to espionage. The highly targeted attacks against government institutions in Eastern Europe, ...

Exploit developer SandboxEscaper has quietly dropped a new zero-day exploit for the Windows operating system just a week after Microsoft's monthly cycle of security updates. This exploit is the fifth ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is warning users of older versions of Windows to urgently apply a ...