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Microsoft Defender Antivirus suffers from a perception problem. For the first decade of its existence, starting with its 2006 release, Defender was a much-maligned piece of software that no business would use to protect its endpoints. That’s no lo… Continue reading Windows Defender Is an Underutilized Endpoint Security Resource
Microsoft has patched a security vulnerability that was – ironically – exploiting usage of the company’s own Windows security product, Microsoft Defender Antivirus. Continue reading Microsoft patches anti-virus bug that allowed boobytrapped files to run malicious code when scanned
Microsoft has added the ability to block potentially unwanted apps to the Windows 10 Settings app.
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Internet scammers are conducting the kind of business that would probably get them in trouble with the inhabitants of the Continental Hotel. Tens of thousands of internet users in Spain, Mexico and South America have downloaded pirated copies of “John Wick 3” and other movies which come bundled with malicious software, according to a forthcoming Microsoft security warning viewed by CyberScoop. Since April 11, some bootleg movie files on torrent websites have come with a strain of malware that hackers are using to try to exploit a victim’s machine to generate cryptocurrency. The attempted attacks coincide with a 41% increase in traffic to piracy websites in the U.S., and a 62% increase in Spain, since February, according to the British anti-piracy firm Muso. Thousands of users continue to download pirated files of “John Wick 3,” and Spanish-language titles including “Punalies Por La Espalda” and “Contagio,” a Spanish-dubbed version of the […]
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A closer look at the Microsoft Defender Tamper Protection feature that rolled out in the Windows 10 May 2019 Update and that is soon to be enabled by default for all users.
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Latest builds of Windows 10 20H1 introduces the Microsoft Defender brand for Microsoft Defender Antivirus and more, as Microsoft looks to slowly move away from the Windows Defender branding.
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Some major anti-virus software vendors were forced to reconfigure their programs after Microsoft rolled out a patch that changed their products’ processing architecture, industry experts tell CyberScoop. In response to the “Spectre” and “Meltdown” vulnerabilities, which affect nearly every microchip created since 1995, Microsoft immediately offered a software patch that would prevent attackers from targeting these flaws. Microsoft and Amazon — much like the microchip makers — have known about the two vulnerabilities for months but have been under a strict embargo. During this timeframe, Microsoft worked on creating an adequate software update that could remediate the problems. However, due to the embargo, many cybersecurity companies were left in the dark; entirely unaware that either Microsoft or the microchip industry was dealing with the issue. This lapse in coordination is currently causing major headaches for security companies. Microsoft’s emergency update causes the operating system to change how it processes data at the kernel level. Processes […]
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One MILLION endpoints, WannaCry is linked to North Korea, IoT is broken (what’s new?),inside a porn-pimping spam botnet, fixing Windows Defender, and more security news! Paul’s Stories 1 Million Endpoints Exposed on Public Internet via Microsoft File-Sharing Services credmap The Credential Mapper Inside a Porn-Pimping Spam Botnet Fileless malware targeting US restaurants went undetected by […] Continue reading Broken IoT, Exposed Endpoints – Paul’s Security Weekly #518