Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, has publicly released a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables, dramatically highlighting the dangers of relying on outdated Windows ...

Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty Windows update. This time, it is connection and authentication failures in Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 related to the Windows App. The ...

As organizations face an evolving threat landscape, strengthening Windows authentication is more critical than ever. The deprecation of RC4 (Rivest Cipher 4) encryption in Kerberos is a shift toward ...

Flushing the DNS cache has worked for some players who’ve fixed the “Authentication Failed” Robox error 429. Applying this potential fix can resolve network ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. It was all going so well — but not any more. It now seems that more ...

As Scattered Spider headlines have reminded us of late, ransomware is always in season. The group has been around for many years, and this year it is pivoting from industry to industry to find new ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has instructed Ukrainian drone manufacturers to ensure the capacity to deploy at least 1,000 interceptor drones per day. On Friday, July 25, Zelenskyy said on social ...

If you’ve ever worked with Windows authentication logs, you know they can be a chaotic mess. Even when you’re looking for something apparently simple and useful – like tracking admin logins – you ...

CVE-2025-33073 can lead to system takeover, Microsoft has confirmed. Update, June 17, 2025: This story, originally published on June 16, has been updated to include details of yet another ...

Looking to buy Windows 11 key? Whether it’s a new Windows 11 CD key or a copy of Office, buying your new software directly from Microsoft is always a bad idea. It’s a great way to spend a small ...

A new ad for Windows 11, and by extension new Windows 11-powered laptops, has been posted to the official Windows YouTube channel. It’s called “Right side of risk.” Uh-oh. The 30-second spot once ...