Defender is 'usually sufficient,' it says in a blog post that might rile up the antivirus industry.

SentinelOne, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, and CrowdStrike Falcon are among my top recommendations for businesses looking ...

Microsoft on Wednesday offered a progress report on its "Secure Future Initiative" (SFI). The announcement by Bret Arsenault, Microsoft's corporate vice president and chief cybersecurity advisor, ...

‘As both the platform provider and a security solution developer, Microsoft is committed to ensuring a level playing field for software security providers,’ said Microsoft in a written response to CRN ...

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PCWorld examines whether Windows 11’s built-in Microsoft Defender security suite provides adequate protection for everyday users without third-party antivirus software. Windows 11 includes ...

In the summer of 2024, corporate anti-malware provider CrowdStrike pushed a broken update to millions of PCs and servers running some version of Microsoft’s Windows software, taking down systems that ...

Microsoft is stepping up its plans to make Windows more resilient to buggy software after a botched CrowdStrike update took down millions of PCs and servers in a global IT outage. The tech giant has ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 Windows 11 security update KB5083769 is causing failures in some third-party backup applications due to blocked vulnerable drivers. The issue affects major ...

The April 2026 KB5083769 security update breaks third-party backup applications from multiple vendors on systems running ...