Windows Defender vulnerability discovered and fixed

https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/09/windows-defender-vulnerability-discovered-and-fixed/

 

Microsoft fixes remote hacking flaw in Windows Malware Protection Engine
By Lucian Constantin | MAY 9, 2017 7:26 AM PT
Attackers can exploit the vulnerability to compromise Windows systems running affected Microsoft security products, including Windows Defender and Microsoft Security Essentials.
http://www.techconnect.com/article/...law-in-windows-malware-protection-engine.html

"Microsoft has released an update for the malware scanning engine bundled with most of its Windows security products in order to fix a highly critical vulnerability that could allow attackers to hack computers.

The vulnerability was discovered by Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy and Natalie Silvanovich on Saturday and was serious enough for Microsoft to create and release a patch by Monday. This was an unusually fast response for the company, which typically releases security updates on the second Tuesday of every month and rarely breaks out of that cycle.

Ormandy announced Saturday on Twitter that he and his colleague found a "crazy bad" vulnerability in Windows and described it as " the worst Windows remote code execution in recent memory."

"Users should check that the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine version used in their products is 1.1.10701.0 or later. Propagation of the fix to products that are configured to for automatic updates can take up to 48 hours, but users can also trigger a manual update."

Microsoft Security Advisory 4022344
Security Update for Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Published: May 8, 2017
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/4022344

 

Isn't this the same?
Windows Defender vulnerability discovered and fixed

 

Nice, but why didn't you have any text / description in your post - just a link makes it unclear what's up. Also, I think my title was a better description, the hack isn't limited to Windows Defender:

Microsoft fixes remote hacking flaw in Windows Malware Protection Engine

As long as the word gets out, multiple sources are good

BTW, I didn't see your post, I saw the announcement on the same site and at the same time I posted this one:

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