Back in the fall, I said Microsoft was going to have to extend Windows 10 support again. The numbers made it obvious. There were simply too many machines still running it, and not enough realistic paths to Windows 11 for a huge chunk of users. Now here we are.
Microsoft has quietly added another year to its Extended Security Updates program for Windows 10, pushing support out to October 12, 2027. That gives users an extra twelve months of critical security patches beyond the original cutoff, and it confirms what a lot of us in IT already suspected. Windows 10 was never going away on Microsoft’s original timeline. [Read more…]
For years, companies drilled one thing into employees’ heads: don’t trust weird emails. Problem is, attackers adapted. Instead of fighting against people’s skepticism around email, they moved to platforms employees already trust without thinking twice about it. One of the biggest targets right now is Microsoft Teams
A new attack called Pixnapping can steal sensitive data from Android devices, without needing a single permission. The exploit targets visual data on-screen, including two-factor authentication codes, private messages, and location histories. It works by quietly measuring how long it takes to render specific pixels. If that sounds like science fiction, it’s not. Researchers have already tested it on Pixel and Samsung devices with unsettling results.
After nearly a decade, Microsoft is finally closing the book on Windows 10. As of today, free support and regular security patches have officially ended. But despite the headlines, your computer is not about to implode. If you plan wisely, or even just use decent security software, you can keep running Windows 10 safely for a quite a bit longer.
A sinister campaign known as ShadowCaptcha is using over 100 compromised WordPress sites as unwitting hosts, redirecting visitors to fake CAPTCHA pages. These deceptive pages trigger malware delivery ranging from credential stealers to ransomware and cryptocurrency miners.