Windows SmartScreen proves to be dumb – zero-day bug fixed after Google alert

Criminals are exploiting a Microsoft SmartScreen bug to deliver Magniber ransomware, potentially infecting hundreds of thousands of devices, without raising any security red flags, according to Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG). TAG discovered the in-the-wild exploit, and reported it to Microsoft last month.

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