“While RasMan is a frequent flyer on Patch Tuesday, appearing more than 20 times since January 2022, this is the first time we’ve seen it exploited in the wild as a zero day,” said Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable.

It is the end of an era for Windows 10, as Microsoft ended automatic security updates and support for the operating system.

They’ve closed down these “windows” for the last time. As of October 14, 2025, Microsoft’s Windows 10 has reached the end of its usable life, prompting an outpouring of tributes from tech-heads devastated over the operating system’s retirement.

Secure Boot is a feature of your computer's UEFI that only allows approved operating systems to boot up.

With cybersecurity threats on the rise and data breaches occurring almost every week, it’s natural to ask: What is the most secure operating system (OS)? Unfortunately, the answer isn’t straightforward. A lot of people seem to think that Macs can’t ...

Today’s operating systems are more sophisticated and feature-rich than ever before, which makes them substantially more useful to the enterprise but also adds to security vulnerability—unless the operating systems are configured, administered and ...

Don't lose your data while losing Windows 10. What can you do before the end of the deadline? What is end-of-life support for Windows 10?

No piece of software lasts forever. Indeed, the preceding operating system Windows 8 was supported from 2012 to 2023, by at least some measures, so a 10-year stretch is not unprecedented. Meanwhile, Windows 11 has been available since 2021. But I think there are several reasons why Microsoft is seeing such a strong pushback this time around.

It’s the end of the road for routine support for the aging operating system, but businesses can continue to pay for security updates for the next three years.