The news of the week is discussed, including this week’s Microsoft Malware Protection Engine bug, Handbrake OS X malware, the HP keylogger, Trump’s Cybersecurity EO, and more.

Microsoft released an emergency update for a zero-day vulnerability disclosed by Google in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine bundled with most versions of Windows.

Google Project Zero researchers Tavis Ormandy and Natalie Silvanovich found a remotely exploitable Windows vulnerability that Ormandy called he worst in recent memory.

Two recently published proof-of-concept exploits targeted Microsoft Edge were recently integrated into the Sundown Exploit Kit.

Apple isn’t the only one offering up a $200,000 reward for severe vulnerabilities on mobile devices. Google followed suit yesterday with the announcement of the Project Zero Prize, and like the Apple Security Bounty, the top payout is $200,000. Announced by Google’s Project Zero research team, the contest began yesterday and is scheduled to run...

As zero days in Adobe Flash Player continue to bubble to the surface, major technology players are announcing their plans to shove the maligned software aside in favor of HTML5. Google is the latest, announcing recently that by Q4 of this year, HTML5 would be the default in the Chrome browser, except for content on...