Your antimalware tools can get malware too, so get updating Microsoft downplays alarm over Windows Defender 'flaw'
Companies running Sophos security clients will want to update their software following the disclosure of seven privilege escalation flaws in the security suite. Sophos says its SafeGuard Enterprise Client, LAN Crypt client and Easy software on Windows are all vulnerable to the bugs, which can be exploited by an attacker to run code with System (aka administrator) level privileges. With these privileges, miscreants and malware can commandeer the entire machine. In other words, the software you us...