Two vulnerabilities have been uncovered in Microsoft Windows security protocols which could lead to password cracking and domain compromise, researchers have warned. This week, the Preempt security ...

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A new cybersecurity study has found that legacy Windows communication protocols continue to expose organizations to credential theft, even without exploiting software vulnerabilities. The research, ...

Open-source proponents say they’ve reached a legal agreement with Microsoft under which the software giant is making available protocol documentation needed to fully interoperate with the Microsoft ...

Here are ZDNET's top picks for a variety of use cases. Read now Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system already disables by default SMB (Server Message Block) version 1, the 30-year-old file-sharing ...

There is a protocol in Windows that has been around since the days of Windows XP, which has been found to be insecure. Tavis Ormandy, a security researcher with Google's Project Zero security team, ...

I've used the Nartac Software IIS Crypto tool* to set the Windows SSL cipher suite order, secure protocols, ciphers, hashes, and key exchanges on newly set up Windows servers running modern ...

Another day, another global malware attack made possible by a Microsoft security hole. Once again, attackers used hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), which were stolen ...

Microsoft has taken steps to favor the use of the Microsoft Edge browser in Windows 11, according to recent critical comments. In particular, Microsoft has restricted developer access to a protocol ...

While using a VPN you may have noticed the option to select a VPN protocol. You know, those weird, seemingly random IT-sounding names that sometimes resemble alphabet soup: OpenVPN, WireGuard, IKEv2, ...