Microsoft is warning against a simple hack that enables those still using Windows XP to receive security updates through 2019. The trick involves modifying the system registry, a process that is ...

All a hacker could want A simple Windows security hack which was discovered a year ago is still unpatched. Discovered by Sebastián Castro, a security researcher for CSL, the technique… All a hacker ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This story has been updated on August 5 with a statement from ...

Try as it may, Microsoft doesn’t always manage to get security patching right the first time. Sometimes, external researchers looking at patching one vulnerability find another that emerges from the ...

A few weeks ago, we reported that a mysterious folder called “inetpub” appeared on numerous Windows PCs after one of the April updates was installed on them. The initial impression was that this was a ...