Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
2026-07-18T13:23:27Z•6103c859c15ded4668c00d64d7bd7359adf506759640648dc03822f3458ac023
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What happened
June–July 2026 KrebsOnSecurity roundup: Microsoft released record-setting Patch Tuesday updates (570 flaws in July; ~200 in June), driven in part by AI-assisted vulnerability research and including numerous critical bugs and publicly available exploits. CISA disclosed a GitHub leak where a contractor exposed dozens of internal credentials (including AWS GovCloud keys) for months. Multiple stories connect the Popa Android botnet and a large residential-proxy provider (NetNut/Alarum) to widespread abuse; the FBI seized hundreds of associated domains and disrupted infrastructure. Law enforcement:
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