Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Security firm Mandiant has released a database that allows any administrative password protected by Microsoft’s NTLM.v1 hash ...

‘Fail To Shut Down’—Microsoft Issues Windows Update Warning

That said, Microsoft also says “there is no work around at this time for entering hibernation.” Be very careful. “Until this ...

You can now edit password-protected MS Office files in Google Drive, here's how

If you don't have access to the password, you can click on the "Preview" option to open the password-protected MS Office file ...

Your Windows PC needs this patch to ward off nasty bootkit malware - update now

The January Patch Tuesday updates for Windows refresh the expiring certificates for Secure Boot, which protects your computer against bootkit malware.

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Windows 11 was barely usable until I changed these 6 default settings

To keep OneDrive from launching automatically on startup, you can open the Task Manager, go to the Startup Apps tab, and ...