A Windows Defender vulnerability lurked undetected for 12 years
Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images ) Just because a vulnerability is old doesn't mean it's not useful. Whether it's Adobe Flash hacking or the EternalBlue exploit for Windows, some methods are just too good for attackers to abandon, even if they're years past their prime. But a critical 12-year-old bug in Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows Defender antivirus was seemingly overlooked by attackers and defenders alike until recently. Now that Microsoft has finally patched it, the key is to make sure hackers don't try to make up for lost time. The flaw, discovered by researchers at the security firm SentinelOne, [...]