Fake malware-signing service Fox Tempest dismantled by Microsoft
2026-05-20T20:51:49Z•740cfd084203dfeb4b1422e64e0863647f916c12c3c77930e707f6b3ce143ed9
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What happened
Malwarebytes Labs roundup (May 2026) covering multiple high-impact incidents: Microsoft dismantled “Fox Tempest,” a fake malware-signing service that let attackers obtain fraudulent Microsoft certificates to bypass security checks; NYC Health + Hospitals suffered a major third‑party–related breach exposing biometrics, diagnoses and bank details for ~1.8M people; the JDownloader site was compromised and installer downloads were replaced with malware; researchers disclosed Edge’s behavior of loading saved passwords into plaintext memory and Microsoft is changing that behavior; Firefox 151 ships重
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- malwarebytes_labs
- Record identifier
- 740cfd084203dfeb4b1422e64e0863647f916c12c3c77930e707f6b3ce143ed9
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-20T20:51:49Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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