Malicious cloud customers can bring down the power grid

2026-07-20T19:23:58Z4a3a47ce744de28c9f482c57f0b3e2439a0901294db5d493b08e7c98311b1eee
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What happened

The Register roundup highlights a spike in high-impact security incidents and an expanding attack surface driven by both traditional exploits and AI misuse. Key stories: researchers warn that malicious cloud workloads could disrupt power grids; the HOLLOWGRAPH campaign uses Microsoft 365 calendar appointments as a stealthy C2/dropbox; FortiSandbox command-injection flaws drew a CISA patch order and active exploitation; multiple SharePoint bugs are being actively attacked; destructive GigaWiper combines multiple wipers/ransomware families; Microsoft patched a Defender zero-day (RoguePlanet) and

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