Today, we’re thrilled to introduce new features for securing and governing in the age of AI. We are announcing new capabilities in Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview that will make it easier for teams to manage, protect ,and govern AI applications at work.
The FBI and U.S. Department of Justice announced an operation to take down the Coreflood botnet. The term bot is short for robot. Criminals distribute malicious software (also known as malware) that can turn your computer into a bot (also known as a zombie). When this occurs, your computer can perform automated tasks over the Internet, without […]
It pays to keep your email address as private as possible, but sometimes it seems like there's nothing you can do to keep it out of the hands of spammers.
Adam Shostack here. One of the really exciting things about being in the Microsoft Security Engineering Center is all of the amazing collaborators we have around the company. People are always working to make security engineering easier and more effective. When we talk about security testing, we often focus on what it can’t do. “You […]
Microsoft is aware of a vulnerability that affects only Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. If you use Windows 2000, Windows Vista, or Windows 7, you are not affected. If your computer is running Windows XP, visit this Microsoft Fix it page to fix this problem automatically. Don’t know what version you’re running? If you’re […]
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution powered by AI and automation that delivers intelligent security analytics across your entire enterprise.
Windows 7, the newest operating system from Microsoft, includes several new and improved security features, including an Action Center that lets you review and resolve security issues and perform maintenance on your computer.
Screen scraping is the act of taking all the information that a person has posted on their Web site or social networking page and then using the information to break into the user’s account or to commit some other fraud involving identity theft. Social networking Web sites such as Facebook have grown exponentially in the […]
(Reuters) – Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine’s capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace. They were creating some of the world’s most pernicious, and profitable, computer viruses. According to court documents, former […]
Last fall Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Security Essentials—fast and free anti-malware software that offers real-time protection from viruses, spyware, worms, and more. Last month, Microsoft made the software available in 17 additional markets, bringing the total number of available markets to 56. The additional countries include: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, India, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, […]
The Microsoft Defender family offers comprehensive threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities for everyone—from individuals looking to protect their family to the world’s largest enterprises.
If you like to keep up-to-date on online security and you’re on Twitter, you might want to follow our online safety team. Here’s a sampling of what you’ll get: · Quick tips on how to stay safe online · Links to our latest articles, brochures, and videos · Retweets from some of most popular online […]
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free download for home computers running on the Windows operating system. This software helps protect your computer from viruses, spyware, and other malware. Windows Defender is built into Windows Vista and Windows 7 and it’s available as a free download for Windows XP. Windows Defender helps protect your computer from […]
