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Researcher creates workaround for Microsoft Defender security patch

  • Evan Schuman--Computerworld
  • published date: 2026-08-12 21:13:42 UTC

Just weeks after Microsoft patched a critical hole in Microsoft Defender, a cybersecurity researcher has posted an apparent workaround that provides system-level control to attackers once they gain any level of access.  The researcher, who goes by the na…

“What makes it dangerous is what it does once they’re in: it turns an ordinary low-privilege account into full system control by abusing Defender itself, the security tool running at the highest priv… [+735 chars]