Despite failing to win any of AV-TEST's best antivirus awards for home users, Microsoft Defender was considered as one of the best in the market by the anti-malware assessment firm. And although ...

If you use a Windows computer, it's time to update it yet again — before hackers get to you with the latest Windows malware threat. Phemedrone is an open-source malware that targets web browsers and ...

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 ...

This kind of special file is mainly a Windows Internet shortcut (.url file). Hackers can exploit the vulnerability to create another .url file pointed to a remote SMB share hosting to perform related ...

微软近日在一份针对 Windows 11 安全性的官方说明中，首次较为系统地回应了一个长期争论的问题——在 2026 年的今天，普通用户是否还需要在 Windows 11 上额外安装第三方杀毒软件。根据微软给出的结论，只要系统保持正常更新、启用默认安全设置，并遵循常规 ...

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

Microsoft wants Windows 11 owners to stop worrying about buying antivirus software. In statements reported by PCMag and Windows Central earlier this year, the company called its built-in Windows ...

Cybersecurity experts have uncovered the active exploitation of CVE-2023-36025, which also led to the dissemination of a new strain of malware called Phemedrone Stealer. This malware explicitly ...

Microsoft claims Windows Defender is all the protection you need. I've been testing antivirus software for decades, and the ...