Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases ...
Microsoft is beginning a phased process to disable NTLM, the decades-old, weak authentication protocol, by default in future ...
Microsoft has detailed a three-phased roadmap leading to NTLM being completely disabled in the next version of Windows Server ...
Microsoft regularly deprecates and eventually removes legacy components from Windows SKUs, typically due to security issues, low usage, or the presence of better alternatives. One such example is WINS ...
Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...
Update, April 30, 2025: This story, originally published April 28, has been updated with further information regarding the hotpatching security update service for Windows Server 2025 users, as well as ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of the NSA publishing a “high-risk of ...