A GuidePoint Security report (via BleepingComputer) found that hackers are using Akira ransomware to exploit a legitimate PC ...

Attackers are using BYOVD attacks to exploit a trusted driver and bypass Microsoft Defender. Strengthen your Windows before they strike.

Hackers are targeting the education sector more than ever before. Here’s how security features embedded in Microsoft Windows ...

Every Windows 10 PC has a registry and you can use it to change settings and disable Windows Defender. If you use this method, make sure you’re incredibly careful.

Windows 10 and your PC will now restart and boot into the Windows Recovery Environment where it will perform a quick scan using Windows Defender. This process will take up to 15 minutes to finish.

Windows Defender Security Center shows all its categories on the main screen, as well as in a lefthand menu. Instead of three tabs at the top, the new Defender has an icon-based menu on the left side.

Show Windows Defender in System Tray Windows Defender is not visible in the Windows 10 system tray by default so one might be skeptical whether it is protecting the computer.

Unfortunately, Windows Defender is setting the counters to mode 2 at random intervals for random durations of time. This can occur while a PC is booting up or at any point afterward.

Windows 10 version 1903 is still relatively new, so I haven't had a lot of time to play around with the Windows Defender Application Guard protected browser window.

Windows Defender with sandbox support rolled out to Windows insiders, but some Windows 10 users can enable it right now. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Oct. 26, 2018 at 12:23 p.m. PT ...

Windows Defender has been around for some time in its current form, but that's about to change. It will soon become a Windows app. As you may have heard by now, Microsoft’s recent Windows 10 ...