Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges

Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (“mpengine.dll”), which provides scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for its antivirus and

Source: The Hacker News

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Explore More

Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data

Microsoft Warns Poisoned MCP Tool Descriptions Can Make AI Agents Leak Data New Microsoft research shows how attackers can hijack AI agents that act on a user’s behalf, using nothing more than

How we measured AI writing across arXiv, and where the measurement breaks

How we measured AI writing across arXiv, and where the measurement breaks Source: Hacker News

Attack Update: Top 5 Attack-IPs auf doode.info – 15.08.2026

Watchtower Attack Update. Hier die aktuellen Top 5 Attack-IPs, die auf doode.info klopfen. 78.171.78.201 — 1211 requests (recent log) 89.167.35.212 — 965 requests (recent log) 195.178.110.28 — 318 requests (recent