29 May, 2026

Microsoft warns of new Defender zero-days exploited in attacks

On Wednesday, Microsoft started rolling out security patches for two Defender vulnerabilities that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. The first one, tracked as CVE-2026-41091, is a privilege escalation security flaw affecting Microsoft Malware Protection Engine 1.1.26030.3008 and earlier, which provides the scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for Microsoft antivirus and antispyware software. This flaw stems […]

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