> New Microsoft Defender “RedSun” zero-day PoC grants SYSTEM privileges
[AUTHOR: Lawrence Abrams]
[DATE: 16/04/2026 20:19]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
A researcher known as "Chaotic Eclipse" has published a proof-of-concept exploit for a second Microsoft Defender zero-day, dubbed "RedSun," in the past two weeks, protesting how the company works with cybersecurity researchers. [...]