Though the threat may be patched up by Windows, you could still be at risk for this Windows SmartScreen malware threat. Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses the issue.

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

The vulnerability in question impacts Microsoft Windows Defender SmartScreen, resulting from inadequate checks on Internet Shortcut (.url) files. Threat actors leverage this loophole by creating .url ...

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). For Windows users ...

The flaw allows the attackers to bypass Windows Defender SmartScreen, a security feature integrated into Windows operating systems and designed to protect users from online threats.

Microsoft's Windows Defender antivirus has a new job, heading up Windows Defender Security Center and uniting all the OS safety features in one convenient location.

So far, it's looking like the useful phishing protections enabled by a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen capability are just for Windows 11 users, starting with version 22H2.

Microsoft is giving its popular Windows Defender antivirus utility a name change, and it is reflective of the company's increasingly important (and lucrative) decision to branch into cross ...