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New Microsoft Defender 'ShieldBreak' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges
A zero-day dubbed ShieldBreak grants SYSTEM privileges through Microsoft Defender itself, turning the enterprise's primary endpoint shield into an attack vector — patch unavailable at disclosure.
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Nightmare Eclipse has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named "ShieldBreak" after Microsoft released the August 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates. [...]
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