{
  "id": 744283,
  "title": "Researcher bypasses Microsoft Defender security patch, seizing control",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/researcher-bypasses-microsoft-defender-security-patch-seizing-control",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:13:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Computerworld",
    "slug": "computerworld",
    "url": "https://www.computerworld.com/article/4208774/researcher-bypasses-microsoft-defender-security-patch-seizing-control-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 bypass 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 . Nightmare Eclipse has not provided the further details we…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}