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Microsoft has confirmed an emergency security update as CISA warns that two new Defender zero-days are being exploited by ...

Microsoft pushed out-of-band patches on May 21, 2026, for two actively exploited Windows Defender zero-days — one that lets a ...

On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in ...

Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft Defender and Windows users. No less than ...

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Windows Defender is a capable antivirus solution built into Windows itself. Unless you’ve installed a different antivirus program on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC, your PC is using it right now.

IT security researchers are reporting internet attacks on the partly unpatched security vulnerabilities BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend. These affect Windows Defender and allow, for example, the ...

Windows remains one of the most targeted systems by threat actors by volume, according to recent statistics from AV-TEST, ...

Microsoft claims Windows Defender is all the protection you need. I've been testing antivirus software for decades, and the evidence—not to mention the threats it can't protect you from—says otherwise ...