Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is a special boot mode for Windows Server domain controllers, similar to Safe Mode, that allows administrators to perform critical maintenance, repair, or ...

Microsoft has detailed a three-phased roadmap leading to NTLM being completely disabled in the next version of Windows Server ...

Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases ...

Intel and AMD server CPU shortages are hitting China as AI data center demand surges, pushing lead times to six months and ...

Windows can occasionally misclassify familiar Wi-Fi networks, switching them from private to public. We explain why this happens and how to prevent your network type from changing reliably.

Microsoft is beginning a phased process to disable NTLM, the decades-old, weak authentication protocol, by default in future ...

Microsoft rolls out new Kerberos protections to block RC4 encryption, with enforcement mode becoming mandatory for domain controllers in 2026.

The January 2026 updates will begin the phaseout of RC4 encryption in the Kerberos protocol for Windows Server. The trigger ...

CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger.exe and portable Python to evade detection and persist on high‑value systems.

Finally, with Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft is taking a definitive step to eliminate an historical security weakness: NTLM v1 is being completely removed! It was already disabled ...