Microsoft patches 400+ vulnerabilities, one zero-day under attack (CVE-2026-68820)
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered security fixes for 400+ vulnerabilities, including one that has been exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-...
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ConnectSecure helps MSPs automate Microsoft 365 security remediation
ConnectSecure has announced that Microsoft 365 Auto Remediation and AI-powered Training Assessments are now live on the ConnectSecure platform. The capabilit...
Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks
The bug allowed attackers to gain full control of the victims’ systems and deploy the ForestTiger backdoor. The post Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in Nort...
Microsoft Outlook RCE Vulnerability Lets Attackers Execute Code Remotely
Microsoft has disclosed a new remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Outlook, tracked as CVE-2026-70329. They warn that successful exploitation could a...
Microsoft Fixes 400 Flaws on August Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has issued another massive batch of security updates with 400 fixed in the August Patch Tuesday
ShieldBreak: New Windows Zero-Day Bypasses Microsoft’s RoguePlanet Patch
Chaotic Eclipse released a PoC for ShieldBreak, a Microsoft Defender zero-day that bypasses the CVE-2026-50656 patch and could enable SYSTEM-level code execu...
Project CAV3RN Uses Google Apps Script and DNS to Hide C2 Traffic in Israeli Cyberespionage Attacks
Project CAV3RN, a modular cyberespionage framework targeting organizations in Israel, has added a sophisticated command-and-control design that dynamically b...
Windows AFD.sys Zero-Day Exploited by Lazarus Hackers to Gain SYSTEM Access
Lazarus has expanded its long-running Operation Dream Job campaign by exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability that grants attackers SYSTEM-level access a...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 Fixed a Zero-Day and Wormable RCE
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 fixes 398 CVEs, including an actively exploited zero-day and a wormable DNS flaw enabling remote code execution. Micr...
ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access
The security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) ...
Fake Corporate VPN Test Creates Scheduled Task and Downloads Malware on Windows
An advanced recruitment-themed intrusion campaign attributed to UAC-0145, a cluster that includes subcluster UAC-0002, also tracked as Sandworm, APT44 and Se...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday Update August 2026 Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Zero-Day
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday released fixes for hundreds of vulnerabilities across various products, including Windows, Office, SharePoint, Azure, ....
Patch Tuesday August 2026: A zero-day WinSock driver hole under exploit, and a maximum severity SAP vulnerability
A currently exploited zero-day elevation of privilege vulnerability that needs to be patched in a Windows driver for WinSock is the highlight of the 398 fixe...
Zoom zero-click RCE flaws allow attackers to compromise meeting participants
Zoom has fixed four vulnerabilities across its applications, including two that could allow attackers who join a meeting to execute malicious code on the sys...
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, August 2026 Security Update Review
The August 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday release delivers security fixes for vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of Microsoft products and services. As att...
Microsoft Plugs Nearly 400 Security Holes
Microsoft today released updates to remedy at least 398 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including one weakn...
Microsoft SharePoint Server bug exploited in ransomware attacks
CISA gave no specifics, but one expert said it's potentially the work of China-linked Storm-2603.
Patch Tuesday - August 2026
Microsoft is publishing 421 vulnerabilities on August 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 236 vulnerabilities in Windows. This is lower volume than last month’s re...
Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack
Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks. The bug sits in a core Windows k...
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day
A use-after-free in the afd.sys Windows kernel-mode driver has been exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges.