Microsoft says the April 2025 security updates are causing authentication issues on some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers. The list of impacted platforms includes Windows Server 2016, Windows ...

A few months ago, we learned that Microsoft is significantly improving Server Message Block (SMB) authentication in Windows 11. At that time, the company enabled SMB authentication rate limiter by ...

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In a world where major security breaches happen every day and scammers lurk around every corner, what's the average internet user to do? Unfortunately, simply using strong passwords isn't enough ...

ClickFix attack employs fake Windows security udpates. Updated November 27 with another Windows update warning, along with threat intelligence from the Acronis Threat Research Unit regarding the use ...

Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Two-factor authentication is a security process that requires users to provide two distinct authentication factors to access an account. By introducing a second layer ...