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Researcher Drops BigDiskBuster Zero-Day PoC That Blocks Microsoft Defender Updates

September 22, 2026, 16:14 UTC · GitHub, United States · Americas

A zero-day proof-of-concept tool called BigDiskBuster was published on GitHub on September 19, blocking Microsoft Defender updates by filling disk space.

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