If you use a Windows computer, it's time to update it yet again — before hackers get to you with the latest Windows malware threat. Phemedrone is an open-source malware that targets web browsers and ...

Security researchers have uncovered a new DealPly variant which uses a new method to avoid detection by abusing the reputation services provided by Microsoft's SmartScreen and McAfee's WebAdvisor.

If early leaked screenshots are to be believed (and the feature survives without being canned for some reason or another) Microsoft is to bake into Windows 8 a file verification tool based on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

Data-harvesting malware Phemedrone exploits vulnerability in Windows Defender SmartScreen to avoid warnings and checks. It collects various sensitive data and sends them to the hackers. The ...

DarkGate malware operators have been exploiting a now-patched Windows SmartScreen bypass flaw through a phishing campaign that distributes fake Microsoft software installers to propagate the malicious ...

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 ...

Microsoft has denied a security researcher's claim that the SmartScreen feature in Windows 8 is being used to collect information for a large database and that the information is secured from hackers.