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 security researcher has detailed what he claims are “very serious privacy” problems with Windows 8’s SmartScreen feature. A security researcher has detailed what he claims are “very serious privacy” ...

UPDATE [May 10, 2017]: Microsoft patched the issue, again, in the May 2017 Patch Tuesday, but Caballero found another way to bypass the patch, hours later. UPDATE [March 21, 2017]: Microsoft patched ...

Join the event trusted by enterprise leaders for nearly two decades. VB Transform brings together the people building real enterprise AI strategy. Learn more Last month, Microsoft rolled out the first ...

Microsoft has fixed a security vulnerability used by threat actors to circumvent the Windows SmartScreen security feature and deliver Magniber ransomware and Qbot malware payloads. The attackers used ...

My colleague Neil Rubenking asks "Will Windows 8 Destroy the Consumer Antivirus Market?" This is in reaction to Microsoft's revelation that Windows 8 will include, in essence, the full functionality ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More On Friday, security researcher Nadim Kobeissi claimed that Microsoft’s ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This article is more than 2 years old. Two zero-day ...

Windows includes several built-in security features designed to protect your data and system. But some of them—like UAC ...

Earlier this week, Nadim Kobeissi posted a report that claimed the SmartScreen feature in Windows 8 allows Microsoft to see every application that is installed by a user and that Microsoft could be ...

Microsoft SmartScreen, the phishing and malware filtering technology built into Internet Explorer, Edge and Windows, has now been updated to block Web-based attacks that silently exploit software ...

Microsoft on Tuesday disclosed 56 vulnerabilities, including six critical ones and one moderate vulnerability that has been exploited. The patches released address common vulnerabilities and exposures ...