A company called City24x7 has partnered with New York City to install "SmartScreen" stations at hundreds of old pay phone booths around the city.

A Phemedrone information-stealing malware campaign exploits a Microsoft Defender SmartScreen vulnerability (CVE-2023-36025) to bypass Windows security prompts when opening URL files.

Today, Microsoft revealed that a Mark of the Web security bypass vulnerability exploited by attackers as a zero-day to bypass SmartScreen protection was patched during the June 2024 Patch Tuesday.

Discover how Microsoft addressed a critical SmartScreen vulnerability used to distribute DarkGate malware. Stay informed and protected.

This post explains the various Windows SmartScreen filter warnings that you may receive when you visit a malicious website using Edge browser.

Windows Defender setting In Windows Defender, you can also change Edge's SmartScreen to merely warn you when you are about to download a file it deems suspicious instead of it outright blocking it.

Hackers are actively exploiting a known vulnerability in Microsoft SmartScreen to deploy malware. A report from cybersecurity researchers Cyble has urged users to apply the patch immediately ...

Today, in our continuing series of Windows 8 tips and tricks, we're going to look at closing Windows 8 Metro apps, and how to work with SmartScreen -- a new feature in Windows 8 that prevents you ...

Windows SmartScreen security has been compromised for years Newly-discovered methods have surfaced that get around Windows' built-in checks for malicious downloads.

For the three of you out there running Microsoft's Edge browser (kidding!), some debatable privacy concerns have been raised into what information the SmartScreen feature is sharing (not kidding ...