Google releases details of Windows 8.1 vulnerability with proof-of-concept code that can be used to exploit it. Security expert: “The bad guys don’t need to be spoon-fed that stuff” Microsoft has not responded to CSO Online’s request for comment, but the company did issue a statement. The vulnerability allows an application to run with administrator privileges when it shouldn’t. Google’s Project Zero security research team first discovered the vulnerability in September, and reported it to Microsoft. The 90-day disclosure deadline has been in effect since the team formed earlier in 2014.”]

