Microsoft

Case study: How predictive shielding in Defender stopped GPO-based ransomware before it started

Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and ...
Microsoft

How Microsoft Defender protects high-value assets in real-world attack scenarios

High-value assets including domain controllers, web servers, and identity infrastructure are frequent targets in ...
Windows Report

Microsoft Retires Defender Endpoint Data Alerting, Forces Shift to Purview DLP

Microsoft retires Defender endpoint data alerting, requiring organizations to switch to Purview DLP to avoid losing ...
Virtualization Review

Rubrik-Microsoft Defender Integration Targets Identity Attack Recovery Across Hybrid Environments

Rubrik and Microsoft announced an integration at RSAC 2026 connecting Defender's identity threat detection with Rubrik's automated rollback and recovery, covering Active Directory and Entra ID in ...
Forbes

Microsoft Confirms Critical Windows Defender Security Vulnerability

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 ...

CrowdStrike Unveils Falcon Next-Gen SIEM Support for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, Advancing Open Security Architecture

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) today announced that Falcon® Next-Gen SIEM now ingests and correlates Microsoft Defender for ...
Bleeping Computer

Microsoft kills off Defender 'Privacy Protection' VPN feature

Microsoft announced it is killing off its Privacy Protection VPN feature in the Microsoft Defender app at the end of the month to focus on other features. The tech ...

Attack Surface Reduction Rules not applying or working

You can enable ASR rules using several management tools, depending on your environment. For individual devices, you can ...