Microsoft has released the final version of security configuration baseline settings for Windows 11, version 22H2, downloadable today using the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit. "This release ...

Software exploits are an attack technique used by attackers to silently install various malware – such as Trojans or backdoors – on a user’s computer without requiring social engineering to trick the ...

Sophos engineers have been busy developing and testing a free tool that protects users from malware exploiting the critical zero-day vulnerability known as the “Shortcut exploit”. We have begun to see ...

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 released the final version of its security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 Version 1909 and Windows Server Version 1909, and also announced the removal of Exploit Protection ...

Exploit targets a previously unknown vulnerability in Adobe Reader, and works even if JavaScript support is disabled, Group-IB researchers say Cyber criminals are using a new PDF exploit that bypasses ...

Qihoo 360 and Norton earned perfect scores in a Windows XP exploit protection test commissioned by Qihoo, and Kaspersky came close. XP users, if you can't upgrade, you really need to ensure you have ...

I collect and analyze test results from a half-dozen antivirus test labs all over the world. Most of them run a regular cycle, releasing new results monthly, quarterly, or at other intervals. Security ...

A recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and is probably part of an important cyberespionage operation, the ...

Attack Surface Reduction is a feature of Windows Defender Exploit Guard that prevents actions that are used by exploit-seeking malware to infect computers. Windows Defender Exploit Guard is a new set ...