It’s imperative to keep Microsoft Defender up to date even when Windows Update isn’t working. Here are several methods to manually update Defender. Microsoft Defender is the built-in anti-malware ...

Microsoft retires Defender endpoint data alerting, requiring organizations to switch to Purview DLP to avoid losing ...

All Windows PCs come with a built-in security feature called Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which helps prevent unauthorized software from running by allowing only trusted applications.

Windows Defender, now known as Microsoft Defender Antivirus, has significantly improved over the years, making it a robust built-in security solution for Windows users. However, the question remains ...

Microsoft is rolling out new Secure Score recommendations for Defender for Endpoint to help organizations strengthen security.

Microsoft released a new Defender update for Windows 11,10, and Server installation images. It patches backdoors, ransomware, and more. Microsoft published a new Defender update for Windows ...

You can enable ASR rules using several management tools, depending on your environment. For individual devices, you can ...

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 ...

The latest Windows Server 2025 Insider preview build 26304 has been released. It adds the new Windows Defender Application Control for business. Microsoft has released the latest Windows Server build ...

Microsoft has resolved an issue that breaks multiple Microsoft 365 Defender features using the network data reporting service after installing July's Windows Server updates. The Microsoft 365 Defender ...