Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...

Last summer's CrowdStrike meltdown caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed some fundamental architectural flaws in the Windows platform. A single flawed update from one vendor was enough to ...

Microsoft is pushing out a fix to a bigger number of affected computers, but your PC may need your help to receive them.

There are two popular definitions of the word oblivion: the state of being disregarded or forgotten and the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening. Both apply to the coming Windows ...

Microsoft has now confirmed that an April 2025 Windows security update is creating a new empty "inetpub" folder and warned users not to delete it. This folder is typically used by Microsoft's Internet ...

Threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed Windows security vulnerabilities in attacks aimed at gaining SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. Since the start of the month, a ...

Secure Boot protects modern Windows and Linux PCs. Microsoft Secure Boot certificates from 2011 expire in June and October 2026. Most PC owners are fine if they install the latest updates. Last year's ...