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Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy and Natalie Silvanovich claim to have found a critical vulnerability in Windows. The details of the flaw will likely be disclosed in 90 days from now even if a patch is not available.
Ormandy announced over the weekend on Twitter that he and Silvanovich had discovered "the worst Windows remote code exec [vulnerability] in recent memory."
The expert has not shared any details, but he has clarified that the exploit they created works against default Windows installations, and the attacker does not need to be on the same local area network as the victim. He also said the attack is "wormable."
[Ed - According to ghacks.net and ArsTechnica the vulnerability was in Windows Defender and has been patched by Microsoft - fnord]
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday May 16 2017, @12:52PM
> I think the problem is someone trying to control stuff after they have sold it.
I agree with most of your comment (and interestingly, I sort of agree with the other one above). But I believe it is possible to turn off/suppress windows update by tinkering (for example, enterprise customers run their own patch cycle).