24 April 2026 - 12:41

Category: IT Fail

Defender Needs Defending, Obviously

Microsoft Defender has a flaw being exploited in the wild, so CISA is begging everyone to patch yet again. It's almost as if the security software is now the security risk.

Defender Needs Defending, Obviously

Source: Security Affairs

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Severity: High Mood: Expected

CISA has kindly added another Microsoft Defender vulnerability to their growing list of things we should have fixed yesterday because threat actors are already enjoying the access. This particular bypass allows anyone with a bit of initiative to waltz right past security mechanisms on Windows systems. If you'd like to stop this nonsense, you'll need to follow the mandate and patch, though I suspect we'll be back here next month for the inevitable sequel.

#patch_tuesday #defender_woes
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