Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition
2026-03-11T01:23:42Z•0d832201825b7ae9d9a114ede6e446fc01a9a4f78b79eb1db997533df24d8d2a
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity highlights multiple active and emergent threats: Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses ~77 vulnerabilities (no reported zero-days this month) but includes some high-priority fixes that organizations should apply quickly. A stealthy phishing-as-a-service named “Starkiller” proxies real login pages and relays credentials and MFA codes to attackers, undermining standard OTP-based MFA. The Kimwolf IoT botnet (reported >2 million devices) is driving large DDoS attacks, abusing anonymity networks (I2P), and has been linked to disruptive takedown and doxxing campaigns and to恶
Why it matters
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- 2026-03-11T01:23:42Z
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