Windows users are, understandably, given the size of the operating system market share, a prime target for attackers of all kinds, from nation-state espionage actors to hackers and scammers. Windows ...

Microsoft revealed last year that it will charge consumers $30 for a year of extra security updates to Windows 10. Now, it’s allowing consumers to enroll into its Extended Security Updates (ESU) free ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Update: Republished on April 13 with a new out of bounds update for ...

As Microsoft gets ready to sunset Windows 10, security support is scheduled to end in October. You can get a one-year extended security update for $30. But if you want to stick with Windows 10 for ...

Enterprises must still pay up to $244 per device annually, as Microsoft nudges businesses toward Windows 11 and its cloud ecosystem. Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 Extended Security Updates ...

The upcoming end-of-support date for Windows 10 is coming later this October, but Microsoft has now added another option for users to stay for another year. This new option to retain Windows 10 and ...

Score another win for EU consumers. On Wednesday, Microsoft backtracked on the strings it had attached to Windows 10's Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. However, it only did so in the European ...

Update September 25, 14:58 EDT: In a follow-up statement after the article was published, Microsoft told BleepingComputer that EEA customers will only be able to get free Windows 10 extended security ...