The newly discovered Python-based malware family targets the Outlook processes, and browser credentials, of Microsoft Windows victims. Researchers have discovered a new information-stealing trojan, ...

A hidden Windows registry tweak can unlock serious SSD speed gains—but one wrong move could leave your PC unbootable.

A new zero-day vulnerability has been discovered that allows attackers to capture NTLM credentials by simply tricking the target into viewing a malicious file in Windows Explorer. The flaw was ...

Attackers can steal user credentials by enabling credential caching in the Windows authentication protocol WDigest. Here's how to stop them. Once attackers get into a system, they often want to ...

A recent Crowdstrike blog post talked about how attackers were targeting a specific industry. What caught my eye was how they ensured that they were able to steal the ...

Windows and most applications save their configuration in the registry database — or registry, for short. Whenever you change a setting, this affects the corresponding value in the registry, but there ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

Before making any changes to the Windows registry, it is crucial to back it up to prevent potential issues. This summary guides you through the steps to safely back up your Windows registry. This ...

Specially crafted Windows 10 themes and theme packs can be used in 'Pass-the-Hash' attacks to steal Windows account credentials from unsuspecting users. Windows allows users to create custom themes ...

Any administrator who has worked with computers running Windows NT or any other Microsoft Windows systems should be familiar with the registry. Microsoft defines the registry as "a unified database ...

Microsoft has always been very conscious of device security while caring for user convenience. To uphold the same, Windows came up with an excellent concept of Windows Hello! This allowed signing in ...

If your custom credential providers don’t load when you first log on to Windows 11/10, this post will be able to guide you. Credential providers are the primary mechanism for user authentication—they ...