Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers

A persistent malware campaign has been actively distributing an evolved browser modifier malware at scale since at least May 2020. At its peak in August, the threat was observed on over 30,000 devices every day. The malware is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages. The threat...

Widespread malware campaign seeks to silently inject ads into search results, affects multiple browsers

A persistent malware campaign has been actively distributing an evolved browser modifier malware at scale since at least May 2020. At its peak in August, the threat was observed on over 30,000 devices every day. The malware is designed to inject ads into search engine results pages. The threat...

Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor – The security chip designed for the future of Windows PCs

The role of the Windows PC and trust in technology are more important than ever as our devices keep us connected and productive across work and life. Windows 10 is the most secure version of Windows ever, built with end-to-end security for protection from the edge to the cloud all the way down to...

Meet the Microsoft Pluton processor – The security chip designed for the future of Windows PCs

The role of the Windows PC and trust in technology are more important than ever as our devices keep us connected and productive across work and life. Windows 10 is the most secure version of Windows ever, built with end-to-end security for protection from the edge to the cloud all the way down to...

Microsoft Brings Defender Antivirus for Linux, Coming Soon for Android and iOS

Almost within a year after releasing Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection ATP for macOS computers, Microsoft today announced a public preview of its antivirus software for various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS and Debian. If this news hasn't gotten you excited yet...

Windows Defender Antivirus 4.18.1908.7-0 File Extension Spoofing Vulnerability

David Haintz ======================================================================= title: File Extension Spoofing product: Windows Defender Antivirus vulnerable version: 4.18.1908.7-0 fixed version: Virus Definition Update of 2019/09/30 CVE number: - impact: High homepage:...

SYS.1.2.2.A1

Ziel des Bausteins SYS.1.2.2 ist die Absicherung von Microsoft Windows Server 2012 und Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2. Die Basis-Anforderung Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Windows Defender Antivirus 4.18.1908.7-0 File Extension Spoofing

SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Security Advisory ======================================================================= title: File Extension Spoofing product: Windows Defender Antivirus vulnerable version: 4.18.1908.7-0 fixed version: Virus Definition Update of 2019/09/30 CVE number: - impact:...

SYS.2.2.2.A3

Ziel des Bausteins SYS.2.2.2 ist der Schutz von Informationen, die durch und auf Windows 8.1-Clients verarbeiten werden. Die Basis-Anforderung Copyright C 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it...

Improve security and simplify operations with Windows Defender Antivirus + Morphisec

My team at Morphisec a Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA partner often talks with security professionals who are well-informed about the latest cyberthreats and have a longterm security strategy. The problem many of them face is how to create a stronger endpoint stack with limited...

Inside out: Get to know the advanced technologies at the core of Microsoft Defender ATP next generation protection

While Windows Defender Antivirus makes catching 5 billion threats on devices every month look easy, multiple advanced detection and prevention technologies work under the hood to make this happen. Windows Defender Antivirus is the next-generation protection component of Microsoft Defender Advance...

Windows Defender Antivirus can now run in a sandbox

Windows Defender Antivirus has hit a new milestone: the built-in antivirus capabilities on Windows can now run within a sandbox. With this new development, Windows Defender Antivirus becomes the first complete antivirus solution to have this capability and continues to lead the industry in raisin...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Configure monitoring for incoming and outgoing file and program activity

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavrealtimescandirection.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Configure monitoring for incoming and outgoing file and program activity Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Threat alert levels at which default action should not be taken (Low)

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavthreatseveritydefaultaction1.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Specify threat alert levels at which default action should not be taken when detected Low Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Turn on behavior monitoring

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavbehaviormonitoring.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Turn on behavior monitoring Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Specify the day of the week to check for definition updates

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavspecifydaydefinitionupdates.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Specify the day of the week to check for definition updates Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavaccessingdangerouswebsites.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Prevent users and apps from accessing dangerous websites Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH,...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Path Exclusions

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavpathexclusions.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Path Exclusions Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; yo...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Turn off real-time protection

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavrealtimeprotection.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Turn off real-time protection Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is...

Microsoft Windows Defender AV: Configure the Block at First Sight feature

This test checks the setting for policy OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: winavblockatfirstsight.nasl 11495 2018-09-20 10:06:25Z emoss $ Check value for Configure the 'Block at First Sight' feature Authors: Emanuel Moss Copyright: Copyright c 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net...