Windows 7's Security Account Manager, also known as SAM, is a database that stores user account and security information for users accessing your office computer. The database runs automatically as a ...

A privilege elevation bug in Windows 10 opens all systems to attackers to access data and create new accounts on systems. A privilege escalation bug, affecting versions of Windows 10, received a ...

Microsoft has released a workaround for a privilege elevation flaw that affects all versions of Windows 10. It could give attackers the ability to access data and create new accounts on systems.

A hot potato: Just as Microsoft is battling five different security flaws affecting the Windows print spooler, security researchers found the company's next nightmare – a permissions flaw dubbed ...

Microsoft is warning of a vulnerability in both Windows 11 (not yet released, but available in preview form to Windows Insiders) and Windows 10 that could reveal a user's admin password, which in turn ...