Why this month's Microsoft patch release is a doozy

2026-09-09T20:51:38Ze0137bca7c80fd115c46e76baf1a335900a98dd1bdd7a57b575730c673cde937
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An Ars Technica security RSS collection covering major cybersecurity developments, including a large Microsoft patch release, AI-agent sandbox escape and data-exfiltration risks, Unicode/ASCII-smuggling phishing, identity-data breaches, BGP hijacking, malicious proxy devices, supply-chain compromises, actively exploited macOS and Zoom vulnerabilities, browser fingerprinting, and emerging account-takeover defenses. The collection reflects several high-impact incidents and vulnerabilities, but most entries lack specific identifiers or affected-version details.

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