AV-Comparatives recently released its Real-World Protection test for web threats where Microsoft Defender did quite well. In the following Malware Protection test too, Defender has shown improvement.
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Microsoft published a solutions feature guide on Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Office 365. It will help enable security features and get the most value out of their security solutions.
Microsoft has announced today that Defender for Endpoint is now available on Android Enterprise company-owned personally enabled (COPE) devices. This update can be deployed with Microsoft Intune.
The latest Windows Server 2022 update KB5015879 (OS Build 20348.859) is here with multiple improvements and bug fixes including performance boost in IOPS, a fix for a Defender bug, and more.
Microsoft Defender is now available for individuals to protect their devices running iOS, Android, Windows, or macOS. License for personal usage is offered through Microsoft 365 subscriptions.
Admins in charge of securing Windows devices protected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can now "contain" a compromised unmanaged device to prevent lateral movement of data and slow down hackers.
Microsoft has issued a warning about the growing threat posed by human-operated ransomware in the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) gig economy. It has also provided some guidance for organizations.
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In this week's recap of everything that happened in the Microsoft-verse, we have some juicy news items related to Windows 3D Movie Maker from 1995, a leaked Outlook client, and some Defender woes.
Microsoft has updated its guidance for securing Domain Controllers (DCs). Previously, the company told customers not to allow internet access on DCs in any scenario. This is not the case anymore.
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In what was perhaps the busiest week of the year so far, you can find out more about Google's antics to bash Microsoft, Defender continuing to perform admirably in evaluations, and default browsers.
Azure Defender for IoT had five security vulnerabilities that SentinelOne‘s SentinelLabs had discovered and proactively reported to Microsoft. Some of the flaws are rated "Critical" for severity.
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This was an extremely busy week in the Microsoft-verse with news items spread across multiple domains including sanctions on Russia, a surprising loss for Defender, and a bunch of web enhancements.
Microsoft will integrate ReFirm Labs' firmware analysis technology into the company's existing IoT security platform, offering customers an all-in-one, cloud-based security solution.
A Microsoft Defender bug is creating thousands of files and clogging the boot drive on Windows Server 2016 and 2019, according to user reports. It is now being fixed via an update to the service.
In order to reduce the potential attack surface for employees who plug in USB devices to their organization's Macs without realizing security risks, Microsoft has rolled out better security controls.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is falsely flagging the latest Chrome update released yesterday as a Funvalget backdoor. Some reports suggest that an updated definition has fixed the false positive.
Today, Microsoft announced some updates to its Defender antivirus software, including that it will be coming to both iOS and Android later this year. It will be demoed at RSA next week.
Despite BitDefender trying to put a bad spin on the improvements to Windows 8 security, it was found that out-of-the-box, Windows 8 blocked 85% of the top 100 malware families used this year
Peer-to-peer (P2P) poisoning company MediaDefender suffered an embarrassing leak this weekend, when almost 700MB of internal company e-mail was distributed on the Internet via BitTorrent. The e-mails reveal many aspects of MediaDefender's elaborate P2P disruption...
Windows Defender is a free program that helps protect your computer against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other unwanted software. It features Real-Time Protection, a monitoring system that recommends actions...
Windows Defender, a security application built in to windows Vista, has again come in for criticism from security experts. Researchers from Enex TestLab, an independent testing facility, tested Windows Defender and found that it only...
According to the results of a two-week study of Windows Defender by Webroot, a leading antispyware vendor and Microsoft competitor, the product missed 84% of a sample set of 25 spyware, Trojan horse programs and...
Cheers Bink for the heads up on this update, as title suggests Microsoft have pushed Windows Defender final out and it's available for download now. You must be running either Windows XP SP2 or Windows...
Microsoft has released an updated version of its free Windows Defender Anti Spyware software, dated 4/12/06 the installer comes in just under 6 MB -a little smaller than the earlier version. Users will need to...
The long awaited beta 2 of Windows Defender, formerly Windows AntiSpyware has now been released. The new versions sports a new user interface similar to what is found in...
Thanks to BigBoy for the heads up in Back Page News. Yesterday it was announced on the Microsoft TechNet AntiMalware blog that Microsoft AntiSpyware (currently in beta) will be renamed to Windows Defender....
An updated playable demo for Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown has been released, bringing this sample of the 3D action strategy hybrid by Cinemeware from v4 to v5. There are no details on the...
Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is based on Cinemaware's hit game Defender of the Crown, first released in 1986 on the Commodore Amiga and subsequently to a variety of platforms where sold over 1,000,000...
Midway Games Inc., a leading software industry publisher and developer, announced today that Defender®, an all-new 3-D version of the popular 1980s arcade classic, has shipped for the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft and...
Cinemaware's epic game production, Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is currently in development at the company's headquarters in Burlingame, California. The product is based on Cinemaware's hit game Defender of the Crown, first released...
Midway Games have just announced their latest title for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube - Defender. The game is due to be released in Autumn 2002. Defender® brings an all-new 3-D remake...
