Active Directory remains one of the most important tools for IT administrators managing users, computers, and security policies across a Windows network. While it’s not installed by default in Windows ...

Active Directory is a proprietary directory service designed by Microsoft to run on Windows Server. The Active Directory Security tools are essential to keep it safe from external and internal threats ...

Active Directory from Microsoft is one of the most popular directory services that your company may need. You may have noticed that sometimes, it may not be easy to view the AD groups from Windows 10 ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the September 2025 security updates are causing Active Directory issues on Windows Server 2025 systems. As the company explains in a Windows release health dashboard ...

Microsoft has extended Entra’s powerful access control capabilities to on-premises applications — but you’ll need to rid your network of NTLM to take advantage of adding cloud features to your Active ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Privilege escalation vulnerabilities are among the worst you ...

An easily exploitable flaw in Windows Server 2025 allows attackers to escalate privileges and assume the permissions of any Active Directory (AD) user. The flaw occurs due to the fumbling of ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to address a known issue affecting local audit logon policies in Active Directory Group Policy. As the company explained, these local policy ...

Security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printers (MFPs) that could allow attackers to capture authentication credentials via pass-back attacks via ...

Reports of the demise of Windows Active Directory are greatly exaggerated – here’s how Microsoft is supporting AD in its latest server platform. We’ve often heard that on-premises solutions are on ...

Government agencies from the Five Eyes countries have published guidance on techniques that threat actors use to target Active Directory, while also providing recommendations on how to mitigate them.