PCWorld outlines five essential Windows Defender configuration changes to optimize security and performance on new Windows ...

PC World shares practical Microsoft Defender settings adjustments to enhance security and efficiency, while MUO explains how to use Windows Event Viewer to view historical records of app installations ...

SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same underlying engine, so code and queries work the same way. The ...

On the morning of July 19, 2024, a single content update from CrowdStrike crashed roughly 8.5 million Windows machines and ...

PC World has outlined five Microsoft Defender settings it says can improve security and performance on new Windows PCs, while PCMag highlights areas where the built-in antivirus falls short of ...

PCWorld reports on the ‘RedSun’ vulnerability in Microsoft Defender affecting Windows 10, 11, and Server systems that allows attackers to gain administrative privileges. Security researcher Chaotic ...

New PoC shows how Microsoft Defender can be tricked into rewriting malicious files into protected locations, enabling SYSTEM-level privilege escalation on fully patched Windows systems. Days after ...

Microsoft launches Agent 365 to help companies detect rogue AI agents, govern shadow AI, and secure enterprise systems as ...

Although the team with Microsoft moved swiftly to patch the BlueHammer vulnerability, other exploits still threaten Microsoft Defender and Windows users. No less than ...

A researcher known as "Chaotic Eclipse" has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a second Microsoft Defender zero-day, dubbed "RedSun," in the past two weeks, protesting how the company works with ...

Dashmeet Kaur Ajmani discusses how Windows now isolates key credential material, why legacy authentication assumptions can create risk and what teams should watch for when hardening production ...