A malfunctioning ATM in Manchester has displayed a Windows 7 login screen instead of a PIN prompt, exposing legacy systems ...

Friday’s release of suspected NSA spying tools is bad news for companies running Windows Server. The cyberweapons, which are now publicly available, can easily hack older versions of the OS. The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 15, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, ...

Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn't patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code appeared Tuesday to exploit the company's software. Also on Tuesday, a security firm that's ...

Update, Jan. 16, 2025: This story, originally published Jan. 15, now includes a statement from Microsoft regarding the Windows zero-day exploits. As if Windows users hadn’t got enough to worry about ...

Windows has come a long way from its wild west days, with multiple protections that guard against dangerous software. But attackers constantly try to evade those defenses—and recently succeeded with a ...