Discovered in 1997 by Aaron Spangler and never fixed, the WinNT/Win95 Automatic Authentication Vulnerability (IE Bug #4) is certainly an excellent vintage. In Windows 8 and 10, the same bug has now ...

Microsoft: "Security is a top priority for Xbox Live, and we are actively investigating all reports of fraudulent behavior and theft" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Xbox Live experienced a major sign-in outage Tuesday afternoon that made it impossible to log into your Xbox profile to play games online. I noticed it after ...

Editor's note: Please refer to the news updates at the end of the article. The account was suspended because of an earlier image that violated Microsoft's code of conduct, not because of the image of ...

Poor DNS housekeeping opens the door to account takeover. A proof-of-concept (PoC) attack details how an attacker can gain access a victim’s Microsoft Live webmail session, without having the person’s ...

While installing Windows 11/10 or setting up your computer for the first time, Windows may have persuaded you to log in using a Microsoft Account. Microsoft Account is generally the one you’ve been ...

You can get Xbox Live by signing up for a Microsoft account through the Xbox website or your Xbox One console. Xbox Live's free subscription tier lets you download ...

I've been making conscious, deliberate steps lately to reinforce my online security. Things like enabling two-factor authentication where possible, changing passwords to long strings of random ...

Simple mail transfer protocol, post office protocol and Internet message access protocol are technologies used to send and receive emails. These services can be enabled in Microsoft Exchange to enable ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft Accounts have recovered from an hour-long outage that ...