Windows 10's ESU program has been quietly extended by an extra year, now ending on October 12, 2027 instead of October 2026.

Passkeys are an advanced and more secure sign-in process that you can use with your Microsoft Account. This post will guide you on using passkeys with your Microsoft account, its benefits, and how ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A hacked Microsoft account is usually fairly straightforward to fix, and there are measures you can take to keep your account safe ...

PCWorld reveals essential Microsoft account settings that users often overlook, including privacy controls, subscription management, and security features that significantly impact data protection.

North Korea-linked ScarCruft uses fake Microsoft Account alerts and ZIP files to deliver NarwhalRAT, a Python RAT built for ...

Beware this highly sophisticated Microsoft 365 attack. Update, March 15, 2025: This story, originally published March 13, has been updated with further technical detail regarding the Microsoft 365 ...

Microsoft says it will phase out SMS codes for personal account sign-ins, urging users to switch to passkeys for better protection against scammers.

If your Microsoft account keeps asking for a password multiple times a day, then it is mostly because the security has doubts about your account and there is something that triggers a check. Some of ...

A new report details Microsoft’s security progress and new deputy CISOs. A new report details Microsoft’s security progress and new deputy CISOs. is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who ...

Your two-factor authentication codes and security alerts come from trusted Microsoft addresses-which makes this breach particularly dangerous. For several months, scammers have exploited a loophole ...

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 ...

Last fall, Microsoft announced that individuals who wanted to keep using Windows 10 past its official end-of-support date could do so by opting into the company’s Extended Security Update (ESU) ...