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 ...

A new wave of attacks by the DarkGate malware operation exploits a now-fixed Windows Defender SmartScreen vulnerability to bypass security checks and automatically install fake software installers.

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 ...

SmartScreen is designed to automatically block suspicious files, but it often flags genuine downloads as malicious. Here's how you can disable Windows Defender SmartScreen on Windows 11 to download ...

Microsoft offered more details this week about its enhanced phishing protection technology that kicked off with the newly released Windows 11 version 22H2. So far, it's looking like the useful ...

Although the security warning can be ignored by default, you can prevent users from bypassing the Microsoft Defender SmartScreen warning in the Microsoft Edge Chromium browser. You can set the ...

Microsoft has announced the release of new improvements to its Microsoft Edge browser in the form of enhanced web protection. Helping keep users of the Windows browser safe from “web threats of the ...

In the wake of recent global ransomware outbreaks such as WannaCry and Petya, Microsoft has been prepping better tools to help IT security operations or SecOps detect and contain malware that makes it ...