Multi-factor authentication stops the majority of attacks, but adversary-in-the-middle phishing kits have emerged to steal session tokens and bypass even valid MFA challenges. Microsoft’s new Entra ...
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Heidi Richards purchased Microsoft certificate of authenticity (COA) labels at a discount and resold them in bulk, in ...
COA labels are small stickers carrying Microsoft product key codes, which can then be used to activate products sold as ...
The US Department of Justice says 52-year-old Heidi Richards of Brandon, Florida, who ran Trinity Software Distribution, has ...
A Florida woman was sentenced to 22 months in prison for running a massive years-long scheme to traffic thousands of stolen ...
Catch up with this week's Microsoft stories in our weekly recap, including Microsoft killing an old Windows activation method, Windows 11 crushing Windows 10 on Steam, and more. This week's news recap ...
If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that Windows 10 died. Technically. “Died,” because Microsoft’s formal end-of-support date came ...
Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and ...
From October 14, 2025, Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows 10 with new features, troubleshooting aids, or security updates. That's because Microsoft follows a ten-year lifecycle support policy ...
Home users who sign in to Windows 10 with a Microsoft account can register for Extended Security Updates (ESU) at no cost and continue receiving free updates until October 14th, 2026. The first ...