Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
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What happened
Ars Technica’s security feed (May–June 2026) describes a surge of high-impact incidents: multiple zero-days (including a Windows 11/BitLocker bypass and Microsoft-patched 0-day), severe Linux kernel vulnerabilities (use‑after‑free enabling sandbox escapes and local root), a critical flaw in the Starlette package affecting millions of AI agents, widespread supply‑chain/backdoor compromises (dozens of Red Hat packages via NPM, TeamPCP campaign), credential‑stealing packages and vault exfiltration (Dashlane), exploitation of AI support chatbots to hijack accounts, public release of Chromium proof
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- arstechnica_security
- Record identifier
- c313fbd9a15b71dfff96a0876792c32b8e40164ac19c94a5522063c3e4fd3e21
- Enrichment time
- 2026-06-11T20:51:51Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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