MORE: WATCH OUT FOR THIS NEW MALICIOUS RANSOMWARE DISGUISED AS WINDOWS UPDATES . How hackers got past Windows SmartScreen. Unfortunately, a vulnerability in Windows Defender known as CVE-2023 ...

Microsoft made some much needed changes to Windows Defender with the Creators Update. The built-in anti-virus app is renamed the Windows Defender Security Center, and as that name suggests, it’s ...

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 ...

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 critical vulnerability, which is tracked as CVE-2023-36025 (CVSS 8.8), allows attackers to bypass Windows Defender SmartScreen checks and their associated prompts.

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.

Threat actors leverage this loophole by creating .url files that download and execute malicious scripts, bypassing Windows Defender SmartScreen warnings. Microsoft addressed this vulnerability on ...

The updates to Defender ATP make up the bulk of Microsoft's security updates in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which is expected to be available this month.

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.

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.