Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress theme "Motors" to hijack administrator accounts and gain complete control of a targeted site. Microsoft confirms ...

A Western Pennsylvania small business was locked out of its own Facebook store, unable to access thousands of dollars in sales. Business owner Susan Hougelman said she has been unable to get any help ...

The popular open source VPN maker is the second high-profile developer to say Microsoft locked his account without notifying ...

Microsoft has rolled out a new capability to all supported versions of Windows that will make it harder for hackers to carry out brute-force password-guessing attacks against local admin accounts. The ...

This story has been resolved; see “Compromised Apple Gift Card Saga Ends Well, but Risks Remain,” (18 December 2025). After attempting to redeem a $500 Apple Gift Card purchased from a well-known ...

Do you guys still have this policy turned on? Does it do anything other than DoS attack forgetful users and consumer dozens of technician man-hours per ticket? I have it set for 1 minute and 3 minute ...

There are several reasons why users may find themselves locked out of their accounts. The most common include forgotten passwords, unauthorized access attempts, and security breaches. Recognizing ...