Microsoft released advanced hunting queries (AHQs) and a PowerShell script to find and recover some of the Windows application shortcuts deleted Friday morning by a buggy Microsoft Defender ASR rule.

Microsoft has officially validated the workaround for the mayhem caused by Defender yesterday. The company has published a fix but has confirmed it can't restore the deleted shortcuts for you. Friday ...

Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules are a critical layer of defense in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, designed to block common malware behaviors. However, IT administrators often face the ...

Facepalm: Microsoft Defender should provide plenty of security features for Windows-based home and enterprise customers. Some of those features, however, are turning against users and making system ...

With Microsoft's Attack Surface Reduction, you can set rules to block risky actions for each workstation on your network. With all the attacks in the news recently, can you take steps to protect ...