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Microsoft Defender expands to Linux desktops in public preview, bringing antivirus, threat detection, vulnerability ...

New Overview and Explorer capabilities combine Microsoft, third-party and internal threat intelligence to help security teams prioritize risks and investigate potential attacks.

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Acknowledging the rising use of Linux in various sectors, Microsoft has announced that it is bringing its Defender security ...

Microsoft Defender (previously Windows Defender) has been a part of the Windows operating system since the early 2000s, with Microsoft improving and iterating on it up to the present — and presumably ...

A Dec. 12 posting to Microsoft’s security update guide has confirmed that a Windows Defender vulnerability, rated as critical according to Microsoft itself, could have enabled an attacker who ...

In a Tuesday blog post spotted by the folks at Neowin, Microsoft explained how Defender in its different incarnations will continue to work as expected in Windows 10. Specifically, the tool will ...

Microsoft is deprecating Defender Application Guard for Office and the Windows Security Isolation APIs, and it recommends Defender for Endpoint attack surface reduction rules, Protected View, and ...

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