New ‘ShieldCrash’ Zero-Day Exploit Targets Microsoft Defender
2026-09-10T07:23:58Z•360b4615f873110351fafe24f1b65b3f5cf7c64ce47652cc16860fe249ad3c84
CVE-2025-25249AI securityAndroidFortinetICSMicrosoft DefenderPivotC2SYSTEM privilegesWindowsactive exploitationindustrial control systemsprivilege escalationremote access trojanzero-day
What happened
SecurityWeek reports an alleged ShieldCrash zero-day targeting Microsoft Defender with claims of SYSTEM-level privileges on fully patched Windows systems, as well as active exploitation of Fortinet CVE-2025-25249 in PivotC2 RAT attacks. Additional coverage includes critical Fortinet, Android, chipmaker, and industrial-control-system vulnerabilities, plus broader reporting on AI-enabled threat activity and AI model capability theft.
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- 2026-09-10T07:23:58Z
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