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CrowdStrike has shared details on Spyboy Terminator EDR killer. It is one of the EDRs, alongside the likes of Microsoft Defender, Avast, and more, that can be disabled by the evasion tool.

Microsoft has apparently begun scanning encrypted and password-protected ZIP files now on SharePoint. The change was discovered yesterday by a senior Security Researcher and Analyst.

AV-Comparatives recently released its Real-World Protection test for web threats where Microsoft Defender did quite well. In the following Malware Protection test too, Defender has shown improvement.

Microsoft Defender recently did quite poorly in AV-TEST's performance impact test. However, the product was one of the best in AV-Comparatives' web protection test alongside the likes of Kaspersky.

This is another reminder that unofficial apps can cause issues on Windows sometimes. Following a popular debloater app being removed from Store, Defender Remover was also found to be breaking UWP.

Microsoft published a solutions feature guide on Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Office 365. It will help enable security features and get the most value out of their security solutions.

After recently stating that Defender will not be coming to AtlasOS anytime soon, the developer of the Windows 10 lite variant has backtracked following a lot of backlash from the community.

Lighter versions of the Windows OS, be it Windows 10 or 11, are often in demand as they don't require powerful hardware. AtlasOS is such a software but it disables key features like Defender.

Microsoft has confirmed it has fixed the Local Security Authority (LSA) is off issue with a recent update to Defender. The company is also pushing out new kernel-mode hardware stack protection.

Microsoft has brought several sophisticated cybersecurity features to Teams through Microsoft Defender 365. However, the capabilities are only available to customers with certain licenses.

Microsoft has already confirmed that a recent Defender update has been leading to an "LSA protection is off" error. The bug may also be causing another issue where TPM detection is faulty.

If you are on Windows 11, and you have encountered the LSA protection is off message recently, even though it is on, Microsoft has confirmed it's a bug. A workaround for it has also been provided.

A new custom detection feature in real-time inside Microsoft 365 Defender is now ready for public preview. A senior Microsoft employee has announced the change and explained how it can help users.

Microsoft has made the life of system admins and IT admins a bit easier. The company recently announced that it had quietly made welcome changes to the way the AppLocker app control policies worked.

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly is filled to the brim with news about the latest major update to Windows 11, "Moment 2", a reference to Windows 12, and updates to services like Windows 365.

After a poor showing in the last AV-TEST results, Microsoft Defender has once again managed to fare much better. Curiously, this coincides with the test bed moving back to Windows 10 from 11.

After very poor showings in terms of system performance impact in AV-TEST's and AV-Comparatives' reports, Microsoft Defender does really well in the latter's malware protection ranking.

Sordum announces that it is killing off its Defender Control updates. The app enabled users to disable Microsoft Defender but recently there have been a lot of complains about certain issues.

Microsoft's Defender did really well in a recent LSASS credential dumping test by AV-Comparatives. The Redmond company is somewhat delighted with the results and shared some more details about it.

Microsoft is switching on tamper protection for all existing customers of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It comes after the company enabled the feature for new customers last year.

Microsoft has announced today that Defender for Endpoint is now available on Android Enterprise company-owned personally enabled (COPE) devices. This update can be deployed with Microsoft Intune.

AV-TEST recently released its advanced threat protection test against ransomware for the month of April. In this assessment report, Microsoft's Defender has performed even better than last time.