A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I'm not explaining how this works.” ...
CVE-2026-32202 actively exploited after April 27 advisory fix, exposing NTLMv2 hashes via zero-click SMB authentication.
The leak online of exploit code for an apparent Windows zero-day flaw dubbed "BlueHammer" could be the sign of a larger issue that security researchers face when collaborating with Microsoft on ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, May 15, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, ...
Microsoft’s Windows K2 initiative is mapping and tracking promised fixes to Windows 11, aiming to restore performance, reliability, and user trust. The effort comes amid industry-wide pressure to ...
Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft Defender and Windows users.
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) security updates to patch a critical-severity Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. WSUS is ...
This one's important, so let's get right to it: a new security flaw in all versions of Windows opens the door for a wormable remote code execution vulnerability. That means it can be exploited by an ...
Tech pro ThioJoe highlights Windows security settings that protect against hidden exploits most users never notice.