If you use a Windows computer, it's time to update it yet again — before hackers get to you with the latest Windows malware threat. Phemedrone is an open-source malware that targets web browsers and ...

Microsoft says some users may have trouble turning on Smart App Control after installing this month's KB5127648 Windows 11 ...

Windows, which some people used to mock as 'Shageki' (a pun on 'inferior' and 'Bill') back in the day. Personally, I'm not ...

A proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) has become available for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Windows SmartScreen technology. Microsoft issued a patch for the issue in its November Patch Tuesday ...

The most important is CVE-2026-96951, a security feature bypass flaw in Windows that has been exploited in the wild.

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 ...

A Windows 11 SmartScreen flaw allowed researchers with local access to run code inside a VBS enclave; Microsoft patched it in ...

Exploiting CVE-2023-36025 allows attackers to bypass Windows Defender SmartScreen checks and associated prompts, which means that when the victim is tricked into dowloading and opening a malicious ...

Update, March 31, 2025: This story, originally published March 29, has been updated with an explanation of LOLBINS as well as further technical information regarding the Windows Defender Application ...

Attacks exploiting the already patched Windows Defender SmartScreen flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-21412, continue to be launched by threat actors looking to stealthily distribute malware with credential ...