Category Archives: Windows Defender

April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes

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If only Patch Tuesdays came around infrequently — like total solar eclipse rare — instead of just creeping up on us each month like The Man in the Moon. Although to be fair, it would be tough for Microsoft to eclipse the number of vulnerabilities fixed in this month’s patch batch — a record 147 flaws in Windows and related software. Continue reading April’s Patch Tuesday Brings Record Number of Fixes→

Kraken botnet bypass Windows Defender to steal crypto wallet data

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By Deeba Ahmed
Kraken botnet utilizes SmokeLoader malware, and its operators have already been raking in around $3,000 per month. ZeroFox…
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This Week in Security: Through The Mouse Hole, Zoom RCE, and Defeating Defender

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Windows security problems due to insecure drivers is nothing new, but this one is kinda special. Plug in a Razer mouse, tell the install dialog you want to install to …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Through The Mouse Hole, Zoom RCE, and Defeating Defender→

Windows Defender update caught removing zip, exe, source code files

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By Waqas
The Windows Defender daily update flagged DeCSS DVD encryption software copy as a Trojan and quarantined it before deleting it.
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