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MSNightmare Releases New PoC for DoS Vulnerability in Windows Defender
Security researcher MSNightmare, also known as Nightmare-Eclipse, has released BigDiskBuster, a proof-of-concept denial-of-service technique designed to stop Microsoft Defender Antivirus from completing platform and security-intelligence updates. The project is presented as a successor to UnDefend. The researcher claims it works across all supported Windows versions, although the experimental code remains buggy; compatibility has not been […] The post MSNightmare Releases New PoC for DoS Vulnerability in Windows Defender appeared first on Cyber Security News.
Security researcher MSNightmare, also known as Nightmare-Eclipse, has released BigDiskBuster, a proof-of-concept denial-of-service technique designed to stop Microsoft Defender Antivirus from completing platform and security-intelligence updates. The project is presented as a successor to UnDefend. The researcher claims it works across all supported Windows versions, although the experimental…
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