Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
2026-07-15T07:23:28Z•af8d2478d9274a046a21e8ef60e72903b591432ba53ffc470adc63ed8bfc391a
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What happened
Feed of KrebsOnSecurity stories (May–Jul 2026) covering multiple high-impact incidents: Microsoft released a record 570 security fixes (attributed in part to AI-aided discovery); CISA published a postmortem after a contractor exposed internal credentials (including AWS GovCloud keys) on GitHub; the FBI seized hundreds of NetNut domains and linked the Popa Android-based botnet to Alarum Technologies (NetNut), implicating millions of compromised devices used for proxying and fraud; two Scattered Spider members pleaded guilty; The Gentlemen ransomware gang is rapidly expanding; attackers abused a
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