On Tuesday, Microsoft warned that it had released an emergency security patch to address a dangerous flaw in its software.
However, this is noteworthy, because Microsoft rarely releases such urgent updates, only nine have been released so far in 2014. Usually it stores all patches in one day and makes them available to users once a month.
The software in question affects almost the entire Microsoft security software family. This means that Microsoft software that is designed to protect computers from hackers can be compromised. In this case, it can be disabled and the hacker could do more damage. The person who discovered the bug was none other than Microsoft security engineer Tavis Ormandy.
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