Microsoft Patches a Record 570 Security Flaws
2026-07-18T01:23:26Z•b1b2cae73c227bef5cb7a4e13890b700082a275ef996d6b1c0a08bb7062ef546
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What happened
KrebsOnSecurity collected multiple high-impact incidents in mid‑2026: Microsoft released a record 570 fixes (attributing the surge to AI‑aided discovery), following a June Patch Tuesday that also included many critical fixes and public exploit code. CISA suffered a prolonged GitHub leak exposing internal credentials (including AWS GovCloud keys). Researchers linked the Popa Android botnet to NetNut/Alarum Technologies, and the FBI seized hundreds of related domains and infrastructure. Other stories cover criminal activity and prosecution (Scattered Spider guilty pleas), a dubious offensive‑vul
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