including Windows Security and Microsoft Defender. Telling the two apart can be confusing because Microsoft Defender is ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to ...

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Microsoft has confirmed a critical vulnerability in Windows Defender that could leak file content data but advised users to do nothing—here’s why.

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Microsoft Defender Experts for XDR is a mature and proven service that triages, investigates, and responds to incidents and ...

As Windows 10 market share rises, a new warning reveals the security dangers ahead—here's what Microsoft users need to know.

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Microsoft delivered the latest security definitions for Windows images via security intelligence update version 1.419.396.0. The Defender package version is also the same. Microsoft also published ...

Here’s what she described: "I received a pop-up that froze my computer and read, ‘Access to this system is blocked for security reasons’ from Windows Defender Security Center. It came with ...

"Improper authorization of an index that contains sensitive information from a Global Files search in Windows Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network," the ...