Silver Fox fake software installers impersonate Razer and Edge to disable Windows Defender and deploy malware. See how the campaign works.

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A Microsoft Defender false alarm wrongly warns that antivirus is turned off after the latest update. Defender still works, and a fix is coming.

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SilkParasite APT ran China-nexus cyberespionage across Central Asia, using 7 custom RATs, DLL sideloading, and AI-assisted malware.

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Microsoft released a patch for the Microsoft Defender scan failure issue. Learn how a flawed update stopped threat services and how to fix this severe error.

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Microsoft Defender incorrectly isolates VLC plugin caches on Windows 11. Discover how to fix this annoying Microsoft Defender VLC bug and restore playback.

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A public PoC named ShieldBreak bypasses Microsoft's CVE-2026-50656 patch, enabling Windows Defender privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

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