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 ...

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, ...

Microsoft is again pushing a Defender Antivirus update (first issued in April and pulled in May) that fixes a known issue triggering Windows Security warnings that Local Security Authority (LSA) ...

This new feature works by blocking malware from disabling Microsoft Defender (formerly Windows Defender) features behind the user's back. Microsoft says that Tamper Protection "essentially locks ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is launching a preview version of its antivirus software for Android ...

Microsoft might see the Mac as a threat to its Windows platform, but that won’t stop it from protecting macOS users. The company’s Defender anti-virus software, previously a Windows exclusive, has ...

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 ...

Microsoft Defender, the built-in antivirus software that you would typically find baked into Windows, is coming to iPhone. Defender has already started making its way to macOS, where it provides full ...

Microsoft has announced the public preview of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) antivirus for Linux, as ZDNet reported it would at some point in 2020. The new Defender Linux endpoint ...

You may not be receiving top-tier protection offline from Microsoft Defender, according to new data. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Microsoft is giving its popular Windows Defender antivirus utility a name change, and it is reflective of the company's increasingly important (and lucrative) decision to branch into cross-platform ...