Security News > 2017 > December > GCHQ Found -- and Disclosed -- a Windows 10 Vulnerability
2017-12-19 12:06
Now this is good news. The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) -- part of GCHQ -- found a serious vulnerability in Windows Defender (their anti-virus component). Instead of keeping it secret and all of us vulnerable, it alerted Microsoft. I'd like believe the US does this, too....
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/12/gchq_found_--_a.html
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