Angry Hacker Drops Microsoft Zero-Day Exploit, 1 Billion Users Warned

A security researcher frustrated with Microsoft has released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day exploit, telling the company, “I ...
CNET

Why I Use Additional Antivirus Protection on Top of Microsoft Defender

One of Defender’s bigger advantages is that it’s built directly into Windows. There’s nothing to install and nothing extra to ...
AOL

Do You Still Need Antivirus Software? Here's What Experts Say

A phone displaying the Microsoft Defender logo, with the product page for Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows in the background - T. Schneider/Shutterstock Antivirus software is simply essential, ...

How To Update Windows Security Signatures Manually On Windows 11/10

Windows Security (formerly Windows Defender) is the built-in antivirus tool bundled with the operating system. It has saved ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft patches Defender antivirus zero-day exploited in the wild

Microsoft has addressed a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Defender antivirus, exploited in the wild by threat actors before the patch was released. Zero-days are vulnerabilities actively ...
Forbes

Has Microsoft Defender Antivirus Now Become A Windows 10 Security Risk?

Earlier this week, the always informative Bleeping Computer reported that an update to Microsoft Defender Antivirus for Windows 10 users meant it could itself be used to download malware files. So, ...
techtimes

[Anti-Virus Update] Microsoft's Defender ATP Antivirus First Version Now Available on Android and All Linux Users

Microsoft has released the first version of Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) antivirus for all android devices. The public preview of the antivirus software has also been released from Linux ...