malware defense

  1. Unlocking Windows Security: Mastering Virus & Threat Protection

    If you’re even a little serious about keeping your Windows system healthy, you’ve probably crossed paths with Windows Security. For the uninitiated, it’s Microsoft’s all-in-one stock antivirus and system security powerhouse, built into Windows 10 and Windows 11. More specifically, today’s focus...
  2. Microsoft’s Cyber Defense Operations Center shares best practices

    Today, a single breach, physical or virtual, can cause millions of dollars of damage to an organization and potentially billions in financial losses to the global economy. Each week seems to bring a new disclosure of a cybersecurity breach somewhere in the world. As we look at the current state...
  3. MS16-003 - Critical: Cumulative Security Update for JScript and VBScript to Address Remote...

    Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (January 12, 2016): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a vulnerability in the VBScript scripting engine in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user visits a specially crafted website. An...
  4. Protecting Microsoft Edge against binary injection

    Link Removed In May, we announced that Microsoft Edge was saying goodbye to binary extensibility models such as ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects. This change made browsing in Windows faster, more secure, and more stable than ever, while paving the way for better interoperability with other...
  5. Vulnerability in TCP Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service - Version: 1.0

    Severity Rating: Important Revision Note: V1.0 (June 10, 2014): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow denial of service if an attacker sends a sequence of specially crafted packets to the...