A Virginia software contractor deleted nearly 100 US government databases within minutes of being fired, with his twin brother watching and coaching him through it.

Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. As BleepinComputer reported last week, this issue ...

The latest April 2026 security update for Windows 11 version 25H2 and 24H2 is proving to be a double-edged sword for some users. On one hand, the cumulative KB5083769 update that began rolling out on ...

Storm-2949 turned stolen credentials into a cloud-wide breach, moving from identity compromise to large-scale data theft ...

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Canvas by Instructure is reeling after hacker group ShinyHunters carried out a breach. Several users posted the message from the Blackhat group amid the reported outage. Canvas by Instructure suffered ...

Windows 11/10 was subjected to some major changes ever done by Microsoft and a lot of interesting features made their debut. One feature that was carried over from Windows 7, is the Quick Access ...

Cryptocurrency transactions always include fees from both exchanges and built-in network charges. Network fees vary with congestion; high traffic can lead to spikes in costs. Comparing platforms and ...

Microsoft Edge is one of the most popular and secure web browsers. If you are an Edge user, this post will be helpful because we will show you how to back up Edge Favorites, Passwords, History, etc.

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