Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...

Greedy patching: Hot patching is a way to quickly install security updates without requiring an OS reboot. Microsoft has offered the feature for years through its ...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has issued a warning relating to an actively targeted Microsoft Windows vulnerability that can be found in unpatched versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 ...

An out-of-band (OOB) security update that patches an actively exploited Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability has broken hotpatching on some Windows Server 2025 devices. Days later, the ...

Microsoft is set to start charging businesses $1.50 per CPU core each month for a new way to install security updates on Windows Server 2025. This change will affect anyone running servers outside of ...

All of Microsoft's server and client Windows versions are susceptible to yet another new NTLM security flaw. An unofficial patch has been released. Back in December 2024, 0patch had issued an ...

Update, Dec. 07, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 06 now includes a statement from Microsoft about the new Windows zero-day vulnerability and further information about the 0patch ...

A critical zero-day vulnerability in Windows servers running the Kerberos authentication system, first disclosed in May, has now been patched by Microsoft, but must be given high priority by admins ...

A Windows vulnerability that lets attackers steal login credentials without the victim clicking, opening, or even seeing a ...