Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
2026-07-20T01:23:30Z•1e952356e9c9ac7711311fe539f309d56dbf34237295b06dd68dbb90fdaf4c0e
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KrebsOnSecurity items (May–Jul 2026) report multiple high-impact incidents: Microsoft released record Patch Tuesday updates (June: ~200 fixes; July: ~570 fixes) with numerous critical bugs and some with public exploit code — Microsoft attributes rising discoveries to AI-assisted research. CISA suffered a public GitHub leak of internal credentials (including AWS GovCloud keys) by a contractor. The FBI seized domains tied to NetNut and the Popa botnet after research linked the Android-based Popa botnet (millions of compromised devices) to Alarum Technologies (NetNut). Additional stories detail a
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