Windows Defender tricks that speed up your PC without sacrificing security

Antivirus programs are comprehensive packages that not only detect and block virus types, but often also include functions to ...

Still on Windows 10? Here's what Microsoft Defender can and can't do for you

ZDNET's key takeaways Microsoft Defender will continue to work in Windows 10.Defender will receive regular security updates ...
CSOonline

A spoof antivirus makes Windows Defender disable security scans

In a proof-of-concept, a security researcher demonstrated how the Windows Security Center API can be used to block the scans by Microsoft’s built-in antivirus tool. Windows Defender can be tricked ...
Bleeping Computer

Akira ransomware abuses CPU tuning tool to disable Microsoft Defender

Akira ransomware is abusing a legitimate Intel CPU tuning driver to turn off Microsoft Defender in attacks from security tools and EDRs running on target machines. The abused driver is 'rwdrv.sys' ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 now blocks email bombing attacks

Microsoft says its Defender for Office 365 cloud-based email security suite will now automatically detect and block email bombing attacks. Defender for Office 365 (formerly known as Office 365 ...
CRN

Microsoft’s Vasu Jakkal On Why Sentinel Is Now The ‘Backbone For Agentic Defense’

In an interview with CRN, Jakkal says that the introduction of Sentinel data lake and other new capabilities aims to make the platform much more than a SIEM. Microsoft is transforming its Sentinel ...