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Microsoft extended Windows 10 security updates for personal devices through Oct. 12, 2027, giving users more time to upgrade.

Microsoft just handed the Windows 10 holdouts a real reprieve. For anyone still riding Windows 10, waving off the TPM 2.0 mandate stitched into Windows 11's hardware checklist, Redmond has laid out a ...

Millions of Windows 10 PCs that can't run Windows 11 just got breathing room, as Microsoft stretches its free security update program through October 2027.

Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) were supposed to end in October, but Microsoft now says the program will end on ...

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PCWorld reports Microsoft patched a record 206 security flaws in June 2024, including 19 critical remote code execution vulnerabilities affecting Windows kernel and HTTP services. One vulnerability in ...

The zero-day "nightmare" apparently isn't over for Microsoft, as a disgruntled researcher who's been feuding with the company for the past three months has dropped yet another proof-of-concept (PoC) ...

The long-running feud between Microsoft and security researcher Nightmare Eclipse has entered a new chapter. Eclipse, who has spent the past several months publicly releasing unpatched Windows ...

Microsoft today released software updates to plug nearly 200 security holes across its Windows operating systems and supported software, a record number of fixes for the company’s monthly Patch ...

Microsoft has issued patches for around 200 flaws in its latest monthly Patch Tuesday drop, blasting past a previous record high of almost 170 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in ...

Update: Added statement from Microsoft to the end of this article. A security researcher has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named "RoguePlanet" just hours after Microsoft fixed two ...