That is what David Weston, CVP of Enterprise and OS Security at Microsoft, says is the biggest security threat to your PC. The reason: Admin permissions are a major opportunity for hackers.

But because the outage affected Windows systems, Microsoft often had shared and sometimes even top billing in mainstream news ...

Microsoft is readying a new Windows security platform in the wake of the CrowdStrike incident. The focus is helping move endpoint security out of the Windows kernel.

It appears that there could be what one leading investigative reporter has called "an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability" in a core cryptographic component that is present in Windows 10.

Microsoft is offering free Windows 10 security updates until 2026 for certain users, expanding options beyond the paid ESU ...

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Microsoft is offering one year of free security updates for Windows 10, but users must back up their PC to OneDrive.

Microsoft is inviting CrowdStrike and other security vendors to its headquarters next month. The security summit aims to improve Windows resiliency.