SmartScreen is designed to automatically block suspicious files, but it often flags genuine downloads as malicious. Here's how you can disable Windows Defender SmartScreen on Windows 11 to download ...

If you use a Windows computer, it's time to update it yet again — before hackers get to you with the latest Windows malware threat. Phemedrone is an open-source malware that targets web browsers and ...

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT). The hacking group ...

A Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign exploits a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2023-36025) to bypass Windows security prompts when opening URL files. Phemedrone is a ...

A proof-of-concept exploit (PoC) has become available for a critical zero-day vulnerability in the Windows SmartScreen technology. Microsoft issued a patch for the issue in its November Patch Tuesday ...

An actively exploited security bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Defender SmartScreen is being exploited in a new stealer campaign to download malicious executables on the victim’s system. Tracked as ...

A Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability patched in November has found fresh active exploitation in a Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign, according to cybersecurity research and ...

Microsoft has reaffirmed that Windows 11’s built-in Microsoft Defender Antivirus offers sufficient protection for most users, provided default settings, regular updates, and safe browsing habits are ...

A Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability that was patched in February is still being used in infostealing attacks across the globe. Now, five months later, Fortinet has flagged yet another ...

Microsoft has announced the deprecation of Microsoft Defender SmartScreen in Internet Explorer (IE) and IE Mode on Windows 11 with the latest Windows update. It said that this is part of its ongoing ...