Latest SmartScreen news

Microsoft fixes two Windows zero-days exploited in malware attacks

Microsoft has fixed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities during the April 2024 Patch Tuesday, although the company failed to initially tag them as such.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 09, 2024
- 06:06 PM
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Hackers exploit Windows SmartScreen flaw to drop DarkGate malware

A new wave of attacks by the DarkGate malware operation exploits a now-fixed Windows Defender SmartScreen vulnerability to bypass security checks and automatically install fake software installers.
- Bill Toulas
- March 13, 2024
- 05:26 PM
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Hackers used new Windows Defender zero-day to drop DarkMe malware

Microsoft has patched today a Windows Defender SmartScreen zero-day exploited in the wild by a financially motivated threat group to deploy the DarkMe remote access trojan (RAT).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 13, 2024
- 03:52 PM
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Microsoft fixes Windows zero-day exploited in ransomware attacks

Microsoft has patched another zero-day bug used by attackers to circumvent the Windows SmartScreen cloud-based anti-malware service and deploy Magniber ransomware payloads without raising any red flags.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 14, 2023
- 03:00 PM
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Microsoft patches Windows zero-day used to drop ransomware

Microsoft has fixed a security vulnerability used by threat actors to circumvent the Windows SmartScreen security feature and deliver Magniber ransomware and Qbot malware payloads.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 14, 2022
- 01:24 PM
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Microsoft Edge getting improved security, work at home features

Microsoft is testing a new version of Edge with Insiders and it comes with multiple new features including improved SmartScreen support.
- Mayank Parmar
- May 02, 2020
- 09:05 AM
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Windows and AV Software Ignore Malware in Virtual Disk Files

Windows operating system and antivirus software treat VHD and VHDX disk image downloads like a black box. Scanning the files inside these containers does not happen until the image is mounted and the files run.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 06, 2019
- 03:30 AM
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Windows 10 SmartScreen Sends URLs and App Names to Microsoft

Over the weekend, privacy concern were raised regarding how Microsoft Edge is uploading the URLs to SmartScreen. After further testing by BleepingComputer, we learned that Windows 10 also transmits a great deal of potentially sensitive information about your applications to SmartScreen when you attempt to run them.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 22, 2019
- 04:01 PM
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