New research being presented at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas today shows that a vulnerability in Windows Update could be exploited to downgrade Windows to older versions, exposing a ...

Microsoft has relaxed its “downgrade” rules and will let computer makers continue to sell PCs preinstalled with the aged Windows XP for as long as six months after it launches Windows 7, according to ...

In a nutshell: Researchers have developed a cyberattack that reverses Windows security updates to exploit previously patched vulnerabilities. Although they cannot deploy the malware remotely, users ...