You know that warning that pops up every time you want to install a new app in Windows? The one that sometimes prevents you from doing it when an app seems a little ...

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 ...

This kind of special file is mainly a Windows Internet shortcut (.url file). Hackers can exploit the vulnerability to create another .url file pointed to a remote SMB share hosting to perform related ...

Microsoft has fixed a Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen flaw that has been exploited in attacks as a zero-day since at least 2018. On vulnerable systems, threat actors have abused the ...

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 ...

A design flaw in Windows Smart App Control and SmartScreen that enables attackers to launch programs without triggering security warnings has been under exploitation since at least 2018. Smart App ...

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be ...

Microsoft has patched two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its February Patch Tuesday – a pair of security feature bypasses affecting Internet Shortcut Files and Windows SmartScreen ...

Republished on January 31 with responses to Microsoft’s update and more detailed advice for Windows users on how to defend against these threats. In a refreshing change from recent negative sparring ...

Not every Windows PC runs Edge's scareware blocker by default. Here's the hardware cutoff and how to turn it on manually.