Microsoft pushed emergency patches this week for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, the antivirus software ...
Cybercriminals abuse trusted Intel driver to gain kernel access and shut down Windows Defender, enabling undetected malware ...
Microsoft patched two actively exploited Defender zero-days affecting Windows systems and security components.
Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.
Threat actors are using three publicly available proof-of-concept exploits to attack Microsoft Defender and turn the security platform's primary cleanup and protection functions against organizations ...
Microsoft pushed out-of-band patches on May 21, 2026, for two actively exploited Windows Defender zero-days — one that lets a ...
Microsoft this week released patches for two vulnerabilities in Defender, warning they have been exploited in the wild as ...
Microsoft has disclosed that a privilege escalation and a denial-of-service flaw in Defender has come under active ...
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GitHub has banned the security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse for publicly releasing unpatched Windows zero-day exploits.
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