There was an error while loading. Please reload this page. Windows dominates global OS usage due to its accessibility and GUI‑driven design, accounting for roughly ...

NT LAN Manager (NTLM) is an authentication protocol by Microsoft for Windows accounts and services. Due to security weaknesses, it has been largely replaced by Kerberos, but it’s still available for ...

If you’ve been using the internet for more than a month or so, you know that downloading files from unknown sites is a great way to get compromised. But the latest security update to Windows does a ...

In files downloaded from the internet, HTML tags referencing external paths could be used to leak NTLM hashes during file previews. Microsoft this week announced that the preview feature is now ...

Following the October 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, many Windows users began reporting a frustrating issue: the File Explorer preview pane suddenly stopped working for many common file types. In a move ...

Hashing transforms data into a fixed-length cryptographic fingerprint that ensures integrity and authenticity. Every block in a blockchain contains its own hash and the previous block’s hash, forming ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known “zero-day” or actively exploited vulnerabilities in ...

Abstract: Enhanced energy economy, quality of service supply, and highly protected data transfer are all shown in the IoT network. Nevertheless, since it is open and has limited resources, it is still ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...