Though the threat may be patched up by Windows, you could still be at risk for this Windows SmartScreen malware threat. Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses the issue.

Microsoft's Windows Defender antivirus has a new job, heading up Windows Defender Security Center and uniting all the OS safety features in one convenient location.

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be ...

The flaw allows the attackers to bypass Windows Defender SmartScreen, a security feature integrated into Windows operating systems and designed to protect users from online threats.

A Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability patched in November has found fresh active exploitation in a Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign, according to cybersecurity research ...

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). For Windows users ...

The vulnerability in question impacts Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen, resulting from inadequate checks on Internet Shortcut (.url) files. Threat actors leverage this loophole by creating .url ...

It's called Smart App Control and it's kind of like Windows Defender SmartScreen on steroids. This new feature aims to prevent malicious apps from being installed by unwitting users.

The vulnerability tracking number is CVE-2024-21412 and it exists in Windows Defender SmartScreen. Attackers can create special files to bypass the security review of Microsoft systems.

If a user begins typing their username or password in any app or a page in any Chromium-based browser known for phishing attacks, Windows 11's new Microsoft Defender SmartScreen will warn them.