Microsoft details GigaWiper, a Windows backdoor that bundles disk wiping, fake ransomware, and remote control into one ...

The FBI used a Microsoft device identifier, dubbed GDID, to link a teenager to a hack attributed to Scattered Spider, raising ...

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how ...

A hacker used a VPN to stay anonymous. Microsoft's Windows Global Device Identifier logged his activity anyway and handed it ...

Try as it may, Microsoft doesn’t always manage to get security patching right the first time. Sometimes, external researchers looking at patching one vulnerability find another that emerges from the ...

The arrest of a teenage hacker unveiled Microsoft's ability to track Windows PCs via a Global Device ID, raising privacy and ...

Federal complaint says a Windows GDID tied Peter Stokes to a May 2025 jewelry retailer hack that stole 77GB and drew an $8M ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Oct. 31, 2024: This story, originally published Oct.

Windows' Global Device Identifier can compromise VPN anonymity, as revealed in a US court case. Learn why this matters for UK ...

Microsoft has announced that a Russian hacker group has been exploiting an old Windows Print Spooler issue for as long as four years in order to "steal credentials in compromised networks." Earlier ...

The big picture: People have grumbled about Windows telemetry for years, to the point that an entire cottage industry of tools that clean up the OS now exists just to strip the tracking bits out.

Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to a cybersecurity firm. On ...