November 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Old software continues to bite
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CVE-2026-96951AI-agent-securityAI-governanceMicrosoft-Patch-Tuesdayaccess-token-managementbackup-securitycredential-theftdeveloper-riskinfostealerspayment-card-theftphishingrepository-securitysecurity-productssession-hijackingsocial-engineeringtravel-sectorvulnerability-management
What happened
Help Net Security coverage highlights November 2026 cybersecurity developments, including a forecast of Microsoft Patch Tuesday activity, phishing campaigns targeting rental travelers, persistent repository access tokens, AI-agent governance and data-security concerns, session hijacking protections, and new backup and agent-security products. The most directly actionable threat intelligence concerns credential and payment theft through rental-platform phishing pages and risks from long-lived developer and AI-agent access tokens.
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