SlashGear

What Is Microsoft Defender SmartScreen, And How Can You Disable It?

If you have received an error message saying, "Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting," while launching or installing a recently ...
Dark Reading

Exploit for Critical Windows Defender Bypass Goes Public

A proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) has become available for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Windows SmartScreen technology. Microsoft issued a patch for the issue in its November Patch Tuesday ...
Bleeping Computer

Hackers used new Windows Defender zero-day to drop DarkMe malware

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). The hacking group ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows SmartScreen flaw exploited to drop Phemedrone malware

A Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign exploits a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2023-36025) to bypass Windows security prompts when opening URL files. Phemedrone is a ...
TechRepublic

Windows 11 Security Cheat Sheet: BitLocker, Passkeys, and Defender Explained

Learn how BitLocker, passkeys, Microsoft Defender, and other Windows 11 security features protect your data, accounts, apps, and devices. Windows 11 comes with plenty of built-in security tools, but ...