Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws

A string of high-impact security events: Microsoft issued an unprecedented July Patch Tuesday fixing ~570 flaws (Microsoft attributes the surge in part to AI-assisted discovery), following a record June release that included numerous critical vulnerabilities and public exploit code. CISA suffered a prolonged GitHub leak exposing dozens of internal credentials — including AWS GovCloud keys — illustrating dangerous credential management and contractor controls gaps. Multiple reports and law-enforcement actions tied the Popa Android botnet and a large residential-proxy provider (NetNut / Alarum)—