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Microsoft Defender, AVG, Avast, and more, were found vulnerable to a new zero-day security exploit through which harmless files, even system files, could be deleted using the anti-virus.
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Microsoft's Defender did really well in a recent LSASS credential dumping test by AV-Comparatives. The Redmond company is somewhat delighted with the results and shared some more details about it.
Microsoft is switching on tamper protection for all existing customers of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It comes after the company enabled the feature for new customers last year.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has done quite well in a new LSASS credentials dumping protection test recently conducted by AV-Comparatives. In the test, Defender has scored the full marks.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) has received ‘Mobile Network Protection' which attempts to identify threats originating from malicious wireless connections with iOS and Android devices.
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 published a guidance for security admins about reporting of potential false positives. This follows a recent incident when the firm's Office updates were flagged as malware by Defender.
Microsoft's Defender for Endpoint security solution was detecting the company's own Office process as malware. The firm has since confirmed that this was a false positive with nothing to worry about.
Microsoft has shared some details about a trojan dubbed "UpdateAgent", which is targeting Mac devices. It is becoming more sophisticated in each campaign and may distribute dangerous payload.
Microsoft has announced a bunch of improvements to its cloud security and compliance suites including enhancements to Defender for Cloud in multicloud setups and a new Defender for Business 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.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint has been enhanced using advancements in Intel Threat Detection Technology to detect cryptojacking attacks via machine learning heuristics based on CPU telemetry.
Microsoft has announced that its Defender for Endpoint is now generally available on Windows 10 on ARM devices. The company thinks it is essential as we gradually move to a more hybrid work culture.
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 has enabled runtime inspection of XLM macros in Microsoft Excel. The macro language is a legacy piece of technology from 1992 still used by some companies, but is under attack now.
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.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint's vulnerability assessment has been expanded to devices running macOS, and it's now available to everyone. Microsoft also announced new expansions for the feature.
