Windows Defender features more than antimalware protection. For enterprise users, it includes a host of advanced features, including Advanced Threat Protection, Exploit Guard and Application Guard.

Desktop security is a major concern for enterprise IT, but traditional antivirus and antimalware tools can't always keep pace with thousands of new and untested files or applications that can reach a ...

Threat actors are using three publicly available proof-of-concept exploits to attack Microsoft Defender and turn the security platform's primary cleanup and protection functions against organizations ...

Two zero-day flaws in Microsoft Defender, the antivirus engine built into every Windows installation, are already being exploited by attackers to gain elevated privileges on target systems. Both ...

On the heels of a record-breaking Patch Tuesday, the disgruntled security researcher known as Nightmare-Eclipse dropped yet another Windows zero-day exploit, which enables privilege escalation and ...