All modern Windows PCs come with Microsoft Defender built in. For the unaware, this tool is Windows’ native antivirus. Over time, it has matured into a reliable security tool capable of blocking a ...

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 ...

And it's almost always disabled.

Windows Defender has several security settings, including some you need to switch on to get the utmost protection. Here's why.

Last summer's CrowdStrike meltdown caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed some fundamental architectural flaws in the Windows platform. A single flawed update from one vendor was enough to ...

A high-severity Windows Admin Center vulnerability (CVE-2026-26119) could allow privilege escalation in enterprise environments. Here’s what to know and how to mitigate risk. The dashboard designed to ...