Tech support scammers are modern-day con artists, preying on our deepest technological fears and vulnerabilities. Tammy of Flagler Beach, Florida, recently reached out to us with a concerning email: ...

It has been a while since Microsoft announced that support for its widely used Windows 10 operating system will officially ...

Microsoft has started testing a new "scareware blocker" feature for the Edge web browser on Windows PCs, which uses machine learning (ML) to detect tech support scams. Scareware scams (also known as ...

Microsoft ends support for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, Make sure you enroll in the company's Extended Security Updates program ...

The end of support services for Windows 10 leaves thousands of small businesses open to hacks because they are using free and ...

Microsoft and Google have confirmed that they'll never reach out to their clients directly to inform them about a fault and request help to fix it. “Legitimate customer, security, or tech support ...

Ransomware gangs are increasingly adopting email bombing followed by posing as tech support in Microsoft Teams calls to trick employees into allowing remote control and install malware that provides ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer use ...

If you're unable or unwilling to upgrade to Windows 11 and you're running Microsoft Office (now known as Microsoft 365, of course), there's some good news: Support for Word, Excel, and the other ...

If you're one of the nearly 43% PC owners who are still running Windows 10, you'll want to make sure you have a securely functioning machine. Support for Windows is scheduled to end Oct. 14. That ...

SAN FRANCISCO, July 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in ...