Google discloses actively exploited Windows vulnerability before Microsoft patch is ready

Google has shared details of a 0-day vulnerability in Windows a mere 10 days after informing Microsoft of the problem. In Google's own words, "this vulnerability is particularly serious because we know it is being actively exploited", but the company is accused of putting users at risk. Microsoft is yet to produce a patch for the security problem, and it's not clear when one will be released. Google's argument is -- as it has been in the past -- that publicly revealing problems with Windows and other software helps to protect users by encouraging developers to fix things faster than… [Continue Reading]