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When the Guard Dog Bites Back: A Defender Zero-Day Turns Local Access Into System Power
An actively exploited flaw in Microsoft Defender is being treated as a local privilege-escalation problem, not a simple software bug, because security tooling itself has become the attack surface.
Microsoft Defender Bug Turns the Guardian Into a Prize
Two actively exploited flaws in Defender show why security software is now part of the attack surface, not just the response plan.
Microsoft Defender’s Own Guardrail Cracks Under Pressure
Two actively exploited zero-days in Defender turn endpoint protection into the attack surface, showing why security tooling must be patched as aggressively as the systems it protects.