A patch Microsoft released on Wednesday to fix a zero-day vulnerability in its Defender security engine may cause Windows ...

Before you proceed, you should know one thing. If you have a 3rd-party security software, these suggestions may help. But if Windows Defender is the only security software installed on your computer, ...

Antimalware Service Executable High CPU and Disk Usage? Here Is How to Fix It (2026) Your fan is spinning, the PC feels sluggish, and Task Manager points the finger at something called Antimalware ...

Microsoft pushed out-of-band patches on May 21, 2026, for two actively exploited Windows Defender zero-days — one that lets a low-privileged attacker seize full SYSTEM-level control of any Windows ...

CISA has added the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine and Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform vulnerabilities to its KEV catalog, suggesting exploitation in the wild. Microsoft released emergency ...

The repository reached the #1 trending position on Hugging Face within 18 hours, highlighting how public AI repositories are becoming a new software supply chain attack vector. A malicious Hugging ...

A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform's trending list by impersonating OpenAI's Privacy Filter open-weight model to deliver a ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Does your Windows PC feel slow, freeze during simple tasks, and show RAM usage spiking close to 100% in Task Manager? While heavy RAM usage by processes ...

The cyber world never hits pause, and staying alert matters more than ever. Every week brings new tricks, smarter attacks, and fresh lessons from the field. This recap cuts through the noise to share ...

Disabling the Windows 11 Antimalware Service Executable should only be considered a temporary solution. Having this feature turned off without having antivirus software exposes your PC to a variety of ...