{
  "id": 704186,
  "title": "Researcher creates workaround for Microsoft Defender security patch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/researcher-creates-workaround-for-microsoft-defender-security-patch",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:13:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4208774/researcher-creates-workaround-for-microsoft-defender-security-patch-2.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Just weeks after Microsoft patched a critical hole in Microsoft Defender, a cybersecurity researcher has posted an apparent workaround that provides system-level control to attackers once they gain any level of access. The researcher, who goes by the name Nightmare Eclipse, has been engaged in a long-running battle with Microsoft Security . As of publication time, neither Microsoft nor Nightmare…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Computerworld",
        "title": "It took $58 to break Microsoft’s SCCM, but a patch made it harder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/it-took-58-to-break-microsofts-sccm-but-a-patch-made-it-harder",
        "published": "2026-08-13T12:18:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}