New Abuse of the ClickOnce Technology, Part 2: Stop Threat Actors from Clicking Once and Staying Forever
2026-06-20T19:23:34Z•f66dd895a72e88a4542c74d5b8111fa569c73fd8e51345113eac404f54e3db2a
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What happened
CrowdStrike published a series of posts (June 9–18, 2026) covering multiple security topics: a two-part analysis of new abuse techniques against Microsoft ClickOnce (persistence/abuse of application deployment), the June 2026 Patch Tuesday roundup noting 206 patched Microsoft vulnerabilities including three publicly disclosed zero-days, and several product/strategy announcements (Falcon Exposure Management for third‑party environments, Continuous Identity for AI agents) plus commentary on AI security and the 2026 threat landscape (China-focused activity) and next steps after Executive Order 14
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