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Microsoft Defender Exposes New Zero-Day Vulnerability

A security researcher has uncovered a new zero-day vulnerability, dubbed ShieldCrash, which exposes a gaping hole in Microsoft Defender's patch for CVE-2026-69414, leaving all supported Windows versions open to attack. This shocking exploit allows hackers to read arbitrary files with SYSTEM privileges, putting even the most secure systems at risk.

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Microsoft Scrambles to Patch Defender Zero-Day Exploited in Wild

Microsoft is racing against the clock to patch a zero-day vulnerability in Defender, known as ShieldBreak, that's being exploited in the wild. The tech giant is working on a high-quality security update to address the elevation of privilege issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine.

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