Windows Defender's Zero Day Patch Creates a New Threat: Hard Disk Overwrite A recent update for Windows Defender has created a new security concern, one that highlights the complexities and challenges of digital defense.
The patch, designed to fix the RoguePlanet zero day vulnerability, may inadvertently allow attackers to fill available hard disk space completely.
According to NightmareEclipse, the pseudonymous researcher who first discovered RoguePlanet, the patch causes computers to write files large enough to consume all available disk space.