Microsoft Defender Under Siege
Overview Three zero-day exploits targeting Microsoft Defender — BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend — have been confirmed exploited in the wild by threat actors. All three were publicly released on GitHub…
Microsoft Windows Defender Privilege Escalation Flaws
It was an uneventful Patch Tuesday—until the headlines hit. Security feeds and vuln catalogs started buzzing: The Microsoft Windows Defender Firewall, a cornerstone of endpoint protection, had just been patched…
CVE-2025-26685 impacts Microsoft Defender with Identity Spoofing
A new security vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-26685, has been identified in Microsoft Defender for Identity, an Active Directory security solution used to detect identity-based threats. This vulnerability, rated as medium…
Microsoft Defender can be made malfunctioning – CVE-2023-24860 & CVE-2023-36010
Researchers from SafeBreach discovered flaws in Microsoft and Kaspersky security products that can potentially allow the remote deletion of files. Though both the OEM emerged fixing the issue, it could…
Microsoft Defender Contain User Feature GA
Microsoft has announced that the Defender for endpoint contain user feature is now available to a wider pool of organizations. The feature aims to disrupt human-operated attacks like ransomware, business…
Microsoft Adds Enhancements to Defender
Microsoft has added new features to Microsoft Defender. The new features will protect devices from advanced attacks and emerging threats. Security by Default Built-in protection is a set of default…
Microsoft Defender For Cloud Now Supports GCP
Microsoft announced that Microsoft Defender for Cloud now also comes with native protection for Google Cloud Platform environments, providing security recommendations and threat detection across clouds currently in will be…
Microsoft Defender Soon Protect Password Theft
A protection rule in Microsoft’s defender will soon run by default, in a bid to prevent threat actors from stealing Windows credentials. Cybersecurity researcher Kostas first spotted the change in…