Nightmare Eclipse Drops New Microsoft Defender Exploit After Revealing Identity
Nightmare Eclipse released a new Windows Defender PoC exploit called BigDiskBuster to prevent Defender from completing platform and signature updates.
Nightmare Eclipse revealed a new Proof of Concept exploit called BigDiskBuster that prevents Windows Defender from completing platform and signature updates, with code targeting all currently supported Windows versions.
- Nightmare Eclipse released a new Windows Defender PoC exploit called BigDiskBuster
- The exploit prevents Windows Defender from completing platform and signature updates
- SecurityWeek reported the release and Microsoft's response to the exploit
- Products
- Windows Defender
- Malware
- BigDiskBuster
- Organizations
- MicrosoftNightmare Eclipse
- Countries
- China
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Abdelhamid Naceri, a former Microsoft Germany employee, is the exploit leaker Nightmare Eclipse, aka Chaotic Eclipse. The post Nightmare Eclipse Drops New Microsoft Defender Exploit After Revealing Identity appeared first on SecurityWeek.
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