Windows 11 includes multiple built-in security layers designed to protect your system from modern cyber threats. One such feature is Exploit Protection, ...

Unlike traditional attacks that rely on exploits, this succeeds through social engineering combined with abuse of Windows' own security architecture.

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Microsoft has provided BitLocker encryption keys to the FBI in a Guam fraud case, marking the first known instance of such cooperation and raising privacy concerns.

Fake virus alerts are scams designed to make you panic and click on malicious links or download harmful software. Watch out for red flags like poor grammar, weird URLs, flashing warnings, and messages ...

Windows includes built-in exploit protection that limits the damage hackers can do even when software vulnerabilities exist. The tool offers system-wide and app-specific settings, though enabling ...

Sysmon was once something you had to seek out and install. Now this pro-level system monitoring tool is integrated right into ...

Ukraine's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) says that Russian hackers are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a recently patched vulnerability in multiple versions of Microsoft Office.

Most security incidents happen in the gap between knowing what matters and actually implementing security controls ...

Intrigued by AI but concerned about giving it too much of your personal data? Here's how to tweak Copilot's memory, opt out ...

As AI gets more heavily integrated into Windows, enhanced cybersecurity is required to prevent it from being used against us. Take Reprompt, for example. Reprompt is a Copilot exploit, that can use ...

Apple has embraced agentic AI for developers, introducing direct support in Xcode 26.3 for both Anthropic’s Claude Agent and ...