Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
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AI securityBitLockerDashlaneLinux kernelMetaStarletteWindows 11backdoorbotnetchatbotcredential theftexploitmalwarenpmopen-sourcepassword managersupply chainuse-after-freevulnerabilityzero-day
What happened
Recent Ars Technica security coverage highlights a surge of high-impact vulnerabilities and supply-chain attacks: multiple zero-days (including a Windows 11 BitLocker bypass and Microsoft-patched 0-day), a severe Linux kernel use-after-free triggered by a single character, a critical remote-execution/backdoor flaw in widely used open-source packages (Starlette/"BadHost"), and widespread backdoored NPM/Red Hat packages. The feed also documents large-scale credential-stealing package incidents, stolen encrypted password vaults from Dashlane, exploitation of Meta AI support chatbot to hijack high
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- 2026-06-10T20:51:42Z
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