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2026-03-17T08:51:58Z•235cebd7c444236aac628c8057980a485ddf733a6a0994a81a78bf072a952b86
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What happened
Multiple high-impact security stories: Microsoft issued an out‑of‑band hotpatch for critical Windows 11 RRAS remote‑code‑execution flaws; Google fixed two actively exploited Chrome zero‑days; a MediaTek chip flaw may put up to 875 million Android phones at risk; WordPress’s Ally plugin has a vulnerability affecting ~400k sites; LexisNexis suffered a breach exposing ~3.9M records allegedly via the React2Shell flaw; Microsoft Authenticator had a code‑leak vulnerability now patched; Microsoft’s March Patch Tuesday addressed 78 bugs including critical Office/Excel/Copilot issues; OT/industrial ITs
Why it matters
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- 235cebd7c444236aac628c8057980a485ddf733a6a0994a81a78bf072a952b86
- Enrichment time
- 2026-03-17T08:51:58Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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