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Microsoft changes how Defender for Endpoint EDR updates are delivered on Windows

Microsoft changes how Defender for Endpoint EDR updates are delivered on Windows 2026-06-08 at 20:33 By Sinisa Markovic Microsoft will distribute Defender for Endpoint EDR updates through Microsoft Update, enabling EDR security improvements to be released independently of monthly Windows operating system updates. The rollout started for Windows 10 devices in late May 2026 and […]

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Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2026

Photos: Infosecurity Europe 2026 2026-06-05 at 10:16 By Help Net Security Infosecurity Europe 2026 is a cybersecurity event that took place from June 2 to 4 in London. Help Net Security was on-site and here’s a closer look at the conference. The featured vendors are: Microsoft, JupiterOne, Menlo Security, Cato Networks, Falkin, Vivida, Pen Test

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June 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Where are the CVEs?

June 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: Where are the CVEs? 2026-06-05 at 10:16 By Help Net Security My forecast from last month was only partly right. After the Anthropic Mythos announcements and the deluge of newly discovered vulnerabilities from vendors like Mozilla, Microsoft’s updates were standard fare, 65 CVEs reported in Windows 11 and 58 in

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Microsoft responds to security challenges facing code, AI agents, and models

Microsoft responds to security challenges facing code, AI agents, and models 2026-06-03 at 20:20 By Sinisa Markovic Microsoft has introduced a series of security tools and capabilities focused on AI-driven vulnerability discovery, AI agents, and AI models. The updates include a multi-agent vulnerability discovery system, new controls for managing and securing AI agents, data protection

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Microsoft Tries to Calm Legal Threat Fears After Zero-Day Disclosure Backlash

Microsoft Tries to Calm Legal Threat Fears After Zero-Day Disclosure Backlash 2026-06-03 at 12:57 By Eduard Kovacs Microsoft responds to backlash over its threats of legal action against researchers who publicly disclose zero-day vulnerabilities. The post Microsoft Tries to Calm Legal Threat Fears After Zero-Day Disclosure Backlash appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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Microsoft Scout agent opens a new category of always-on Autopilots

Microsoft Scout agent opens a new category of always-on Autopilots 2026-06-03 at 11:28 By Anamarija Pogorelec Workplace AI assistants have mostly waited for a prompt before doing anything. A user asks, the tool answers, and the exchange ends there. Microsoft is putting a different kind of agent inside its Office applications, one designed to keep

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Exclusive: How One Line of Code Put Billions of Microsoft Android App Downloads at Risk

Exclusive: How One Line of Code Put Billions of Microsoft Android App Downloads at Risk 2026-06-02 at 18:01 By Kevin Townsend A simple development setting bypassed protections designed to prevent unauthorized Android apps from accessing Microsoft account tokens, exposing billions of installations. The post Exclusive: How One Line of Code Put Billions of Microsoft Android

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Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security

Microsoft Entra pushes passkeys, tightens identity security 2026-06-02 at 15:47 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft has released multiple identity and network access capabilities for Entra, its family of identity and network access products that help organizations implement a zero trust security strategy, over the last 30 days. Features reaching general availability Identity and authentication updates Phishing-resistant

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Microsoft 365 Copilot redesign brings context and actions into one workspace

Microsoft 365 Copilot redesign brings context and actions into one workspace 2026-05-29 at 12:14 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft 365 Copilot, an AI assistant that helps people write, summarize, analyze information, and complete work tasks, has been redesigned. It now serves as a single, flexible entry point to Copilot across Microsoft 365 apps, suggesting relevant actions

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Microsoft’s Copilot trust test: Zero findings, more models, wider oversight

Microsoft’s Copilot trust test: Zero findings, more models, wider oversight 2026-05-28 at 16:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat (Copilot) have been recertified under ISO/IEC 42001:2023 by an independent auditor for the second consecutive year. Copilot first received ISO 42001 certification in March 2025. This year’s recertification recorded zero non-conformities and zero

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AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites

AI chatbot recommendations lure users to cryptojacking malware sites 2026-05-27 at 22:27 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using AI chatbot interactions alongside poisoned search results to direct users to malicious download sites in an active cryptojacking campaign, Microsoft has warned. The campaign impersonates legitimate software tools such as CrystalDiskInfo, HWMonitor, Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), FurMark,

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High-severity SharePoint RCE bug patched by Microsoft (CVE-2026-45659)

High-severity SharePoint RCE bug patched by Microsoft (CVE-2026-45659) 2026-05-26 at 13:56 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has released patches for a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-45659) in SharePoint that may be exploited in low-complexity attacks. It affects the SharePoint Server Subscription Edition, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. About CVE-2026-45659 CVE-2026-45659 stems from

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Microsoft 365 users targeted by new phishing threat that bypasses MFA

Microsoft 365 users targeted by new phishing threat that bypasses MFA 2026-05-22 at 12:17 By Sinisa Markovic Microsoft 365 access tokens are being targeted by an emerging Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platform called Kali365, the FBI is warning. First observed in April 2026, Kali365 has been distributed through Telegram, allowing cybercriminals to obtain Microsoft 365 access tokens

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Microsoft open-sources tools for designing and testing AI agents

Microsoft open-sources tools for designing and testing AI agents 2026-05-21 at 19:15 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has open-sourced two tools aimed at bringing security discipline to AI agent development: Clarity, a structured design review tool, and RAMPART, a continuous testing framework. The release comes from Microsoft’s AI Red Team, the company’s internal unit that stress-tests

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Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-41091, CVE-2026-45498)

Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-41091, CVE-2026-45498) 2026-05-21 at 14:22 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are exploiting two Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-41091 and CVE-2026-45498), Microsoft acknowledged and CISA confirmed by adding them to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The vulnerabilities CVE-2026-41091 allows for local privilege elevation (LPE), and is caused by the Microsoft Malware

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Microsoft Patches Exploited UnDefend and RedSun Defender Zero-Days

Microsoft Patches Exploited UnDefend and RedSun Defender Zero-Days 2026-05-21 at 13:14 By Ionut Arghire The bugs could be exploited to elevate privileges to System or create a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The post Microsoft Patches Exploited UnDefend and RedSun Defender Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Microsoft provides mitigation for “YellowKey” BitLocker bypass flaw (CVE-2026-45585)

Microsoft provides mitigation for “YellowKey” BitLocker bypass flaw (CVE-2026-45585) 2026-05-20 at 11:49 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft is working on a fix for CVE-2026-45585 (aka “Yellowkey”), a vulnerability that can be used by attackers to bypass protections offered by BitLocker, the full-disk encryption feature built into Windows, and access users’ data. In the meantime, the company

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Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Run by ‘Fox Tempest’ 

Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Run by ‘Fox Tempest’  2026-05-19 at 19:07 By Eduard Kovacs  Fox Tempest provides a service that cybercriminals use to distribute ransomware and other malware disguised as legitimate software. The post Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing Service Run by ‘Fox Tempest’  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original

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New macOS infostealer impersonates Apple, Microsoft, and Google in a single attack chain

New macOS infostealer impersonates Apple, Microsoft, and Google in a single attack chain 2026-05-19 at 15:35 By Sinisa Markovic A SHub macOS infostealer variant called Reaper impersonates Apple, Microsoft, and Google to trick users into executing malicious code, then targets browser data, password managers, and cryptocurrency wallets while establishing persistence for continued access, SentinelOne found.

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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see

The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see 2026-05-18 at 09:42 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious tokens, filter unusual characters, watch for prompt injection patterns. New research from

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