Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
2026-07-17T19:23:32Z•1a1c21cd016fdae97eaa72ba3d89603a0a6d45fd2f53490e72603fe70e22de0c
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What happened
A collection of KrebsOnSecurity reports covering high-impact cyber events: Microsoft issued an unprecedented Patch Tuesday fixing ~570 vulnerabilities (Microsoft attributes the spike to AI-assisted discovery); CISA suffered a public GitHub leak exposing internal credentials including AWS GovCloud keys; researchers and law enforcement linked the Popa Android-based botnet to NetNut (Alarum Technologies) and the FBI seized hundreds of associated domains; Dutch authorities seized 800 servers and arrested hosting operators tied to Russian operations; two Scattered Spider members pleaded guilty and,
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- 2026-07-17T19:23:32Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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