Google and Microsoft in war of words over bug disclosure

The search engine company publicised a critical Windows bug 10 days after informing the software firm about it

Google and Microsoft are in a war of words after the search engine company publicised a critical Windows bug just 10 days after telling the software firm about it.

The bug, which allows privilege escalation in Windows, was discovered by Google on 21 October. An attacker can use it to access things they should not be able to, and according to Google, it is already being actively exploited in the wild.