Microsoft's Windows Defender ranks seventh out of 15 antivirus (AV) products in an independent test. But the results don't tell the whole picture, argues Microsoft. With improvements to Windows 10 ...

The term "zero-day" attack refers to when a previously unknown vulnerability is targeted. Tens of thousands of servers are ...

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But Microsoft’s Windows Defender caught only 97.5 percent of the so-called 0-day malware the testing firm threw at it in November, and only 90 percent in December.

Microsoft's Defender for Windows product is morphing into more of a centralized portal for consumers who want to protect Windows PCs and Macs and iPhone/Android phone devices.

For the past few years, Microsoft has been focusing on the enterprise's security while leaving Windows 10 consumers with the passable but fairly generic built-in Microsoft Defender antivirus software.

The enhanced Microsoft Defender for Endpoint support for Windows Server 2012 R2 may seem to be arriving a bit late, since the product is only supported through Oct. 10, 2023.

Windows Defender is definitely not the only one vulnerable. In 2008, security researcher Feng Xue talked at BlackHat Europe about techniques for finding and exploiting vulnerabilities in antivirus ...

Windows Defender ATP is available for corporate customers who have deployed Windows 10 on their PCs. Microsoft ( MSFT ) is trying to pitch Windows 10 as a necessary upgrade for any organization ...

Has Microsoft Defender Antivirus become a Windows 10 security threat? SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images. Earlier this week, the always informative Bleeping Computer reported that an update ...

Microsoft's security tools extend beyond the company's own platforms. While the ambition for Defender for Linux is broad, the first preview is aimed just at servers and does less than on Windows.