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Microsoft pushed out-of-band patches on May 21, 2026, for two actively exploited Windows Defender zero-days — one that lets 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 ...

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

Microsoft patched two actively exploited Defender zero-days affecting Windows systems and security components.

YellowKey, GreenPlasma, and MiniPlasma add to growing list of vulns a security researcher has disclosed over the past 6 weeks ...

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

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Hackers have broken into at least one organization using Windows vulnerabilities published online by a disgruntled security researcher over the last two weeks, according to a cybersecurity firm. On ...

Windows remains one of the most targeted systems by threat actors by volume, according to recent statistics from AV-TEST, ...

GitHub has banned the security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse for publicly releasing unpatched Windows zero-day exploits.