Microsoft pushed emergency patches this week for two zero-day vulnerabilities in Windows Defender, the antivirus software ...

Microsoft has confirmed an emergency security update as CISA warns that two new Defender zero-days are being exploited by ...

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Microsoft this week released patches for two vulnerabilities in Defender, warning they have been exploited in the wild as ...

Microsoft pushed out-of-band patches on May 21, 2026, for two actively exploited Windows Defender zero-days — one that lets a ...

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The system that defends your computer may be throttling your downloads.

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