Security News > 2017 > May > Microsoft Issues Emergency Patch For Critical RCE in Windows Malware Scanner (The Hackers News)
2017-05-09 00:28
Microsoft's own antivirus software made Windows 7, 8.1, RT and 10 computers, as well as Windows Server 2016 more vulnerable. Microsoft has just released an out-of-band security update to patch the crazy bad bug discovered by a pair of Google Project Zero researchers over the weekend. Security researchers Tavis Ormandy announced on Twitter during the weekend that he and another Project Zero
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