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scheduleUpdated 2026-07-21 · 02:09 UTC
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Windows June updates break Office launch from third-party appshighbug_reportVulnerability
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Windows June updates break Office launch from third-party apps

Windows systems with June 2024 updates installed. Affects third-party applications attempting to launch Microsoft Office applications or open Office documents. Specific Windows versions not yet disclosed by Microsoft.

Microsoft09:54 UTC
Microsoft Defender zero-day "RoguePlanet" awaits patch after disclosurehighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft Defender zero-day "RoguePlanet" awaits patch after disclosure

Microsoft Defender (all versions currently deployed). Specific affected versions not disclosed. Impacts organizations relying on Defender for endpoint protection.

Microsoft06:32 UTC
GhostTree Abuses NTFS Junctions to Evade Microsoft Defender Scanshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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GhostTree Abuses NTFS Junctions to Evade Microsoft Defender Scans

GhostTree is a threat actor that has developed an evasion technique exploiting recursive NTFS junctions to bypass antivirus scanning. The actor targets the information technology sector and leverages inherent Windows file system features to create in…

Microsoft12:17 UTC
DragonForce Ransomware Gang Deploys Backdoor.Turn via Teams Infrastructurehighperson_alertThreat Actor
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DragonForce Ransomware Gang Deploys Backdoor.Turn via Teams Infrastructure

DragonForce is a ransomware gang that has developed custom tooling to support their extortion operations. The group demonstrates advanced capabilities in developing bespoke malware and leveraging legitimate cloud infrastructure for command-and-contro…

Microsoft08:18 UTC
ScarCruft Deploys NarwhalRAT via Microsoft Account Phishing Lureshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ScarCruft Deploys NarwhalRAT via Microsoft Account Phishing Lures

ScarCruft (also tracked as APT37, InkySquid, Reaper, and Group123) is a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat group. The actor is attributed to North Korea's intelligence apparatus and conducts espionage operations aligned with Pyon…

Microsoft06:14 UTC
Microsoft 365 Copilot SearchLeak allows data exfiltration via trusted linkhighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft 365 Copilot SearchLeak allows data exfiltration via trusted link

Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search. All organizations using M365 Copilot with Enterprise Search enabled are potentially affected. Specific version details not disclosed.

Microsoft13:09 UTC
SearchLeak in Microsoft 365 Copilot enables data theft via crafted URLscriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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SearchLeak in Microsoft 365 Copilot enables data theft via crafted URLs

Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise. All organizations using Copilot with access to mailbox, OneDrive, or SharePoint data are potentially affected. Specific vulnerable versions not disclosed.

Microsoft11:00 UTC
BitLocker bypass via recovery partition XML files (GreatXML)highbug_reportVulnerability
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BitLocker bypass via recovery partition XML files (GreatXML)

Windows BitLocker encryption on systems with recovery partitions. All Windows versions with BitLocker enabled are potentially affected. Specific version scope not yet published.

Microsoft15:43 UTC
Microsoft June 2025 Patch Tuesday: 206 vulnerabilities, 33 criticalcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft June 2025 Patch Tuesday: 206 vulnerabilities, 33 critical

Microsoft products across the ecosystem. 206 total vulnerabilities: 33 critical, 173 important severity. Specific affected products and CVE identifiers not yet detailed in available information.

Microsoft13:47 UTC
Microsoft patches actively exploited XSS zero-day in Exchange Server OWAhighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft patches actively exploited XSS zero-day in Exchange Server OWA

Microsoft Exchange Server (all versions with Outlook Web Access enabled). Specific patched versions not provided. Affects organizations exposing OWA to users.

Microsoft11:44 UTC
Microsoft patches 3 zero-days: YellowKey, GreenPlasma, MiniPlasmacriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft patches 3 zero-days: YellowKey, GreenPlasma, MiniPlasma

All fully patched Windows systems prior to latest patch release. YellowKey and GreenPlasma enable SYSTEM privilege escalation; MiniPlasma bypasses BitLocker encryption on protected drives.

Microsoft07:57 UTC
Microsoft patches 206 vulnerabilities including 3 zero-days, 39 criticalcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft patches 206 vulnerabilities including 3 zero-days, 39 critical

Microsoft software portfolio: 206 vulnerabilities patched including 56 remote code execution (RCE) flaws, 63 privilege escalation issues, 39 critical-severity vulnerabilities, and 3 actively exploited zero-day flaws.

Microsoft07:38 UTC
Windows Server domain controllers under active RCE attackcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Windows Server domain controllers under active RCE attack

Windows Server domain controllers (all supported versions). Specific version details not yet published by Microsoft. Unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability.

Microsoft06:47 UTC
Microsoft Defender zero-day "RoguePlanet" exploited for SYSTEM accesscriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft Defender zero-day "RoguePlanet" exploited for SYSTEM access

Microsoft Defender on all updated Windows systems. No CVE assigned yet. Vulnerability is a race condition enabling local privilege escalation to SYSTEM.

Microsoft03:22 UTC
Microsoft Defender zero-day 'RoguePlanet' enables SYSTEM privilege escalationcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft Defender zero-day 'RoguePlanet' enables SYSTEM privilege escalation

Microsoft Defender on Windows systems. Specific affected versions not disclosed. Given Defender's deployment, scope includes enterprise endpoints, servers running Defender, and consumer Windows installations with default security configuration.

Microsoft21:11 UTC
Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday: ~200 patches, 36 critical, 3 with PoCscriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday: ~200 patches, 36 critical, 3 with PoCs

Microsoft products across the portfolio. Approximately 200 vulnerabilities patched, including ~36 critical-severity issues. At least 3 vulnerabilities have public proof-of-concept exploit code available.

Microsoft20:07 UTC
Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday: 200 flaws, 3 disclosed zero-dayshighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday: 200 flaws, 3 disclosed zero-days

Microsoft products across the ecosystem. 200 vulnerabilities patched, including 3 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. Specific affected products and CVE identifiers not yet detailed in available information.

Microsoft15:57 UTC
Microsoft GitHub repos compromised, 73 disabled for distributing malwarehighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft GitHub repos compromised, 73 disabled for distributing malware

73 repositories across Microsoft's official GitHub organizations (Azure, microsoft, Azure-Samples, MicrosoftDocs). Organizations using Microsoft sample code, Azure templates, or CI/CD pipelines referencing these repositories are potentially affected.

Microsoft13:42 UTC
Miasma worm compromises 73 Microsoft GitHub repos in supply chain attackhighbug_reportVulnerability
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Miasma worm compromises 73 Microsoft GitHub repos in supply chain attack

73 Microsoft GitHub repositories across four organizations: Azure, Azure-Samples, Microsoft, and MicrosoftDocs. GitHub has disabled access to affected repositories.

Microsoft04:58 UTC
UNC5221 Deploys Brickstorm, Plenet, AgentPSD in M365 Espionage Campaignhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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UNC5221 Deploys Brickstorm, Plenet, AgentPSD in M365 Espionage Campaign

UNC5221 is a Chinese APT group attributed to conducting cyber espionage operations. The group demonstrates advanced capabilities in targeting cloud environments, specifically Microsoft 365 infrastructure.

Microsoft16:09 UTC
OP-512 Targets IIS Servers with Custom Web Shell Frameworkhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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OP-512 Targets IIS Servers with Custom Web Shell Framework

OP-512 is a previously unreported threat cluster assessed by ReliaQuest with moderate to high confidence to be linked to China. The actor demonstrates espionage-focused objectives, leveraging custom web shell frameworks to compromise Microsoft Intern…

Microsoft10:33 UTC
Windows Netlogon RCE under active exploitation after patch releasecriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Windows Netlogon RCE under active exploitation after patch release

Microsoft Windows Netlogon service, all versions prior to recent patch. Affects domain controllers and systems with Netlogon service enabled. Specific CVE and affected version details not provided in alert.

Microsoft10:30 UTC
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday: 118 vulnerabilities, 16 criticalcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday: 118 vulnerabilities, 16 critical

Microsoft products and services across the ecosystem. 118 total vulnerabilities: 16 critical severity, 102 important severity. Specific affected products and CVE identifiers not yet detailed in available information.

Microsoft14:06 UTC
Storm-2697 Deploys The Gentlemen Go-Based Ransomware with Worm Capabilitieshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Storm-2697 Deploys The Gentlemen Go-Based Ransomware with Worm Capabilities

Storm-2697 is a threat actor tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence that operates as a ransomware affiliate group. The actor deploys The Gentlemen ransomware, a sophisticated Go-based encryption tool, suggesting technical proficiency in modern prog…

Microsoft13:00 UTC
Microsoft SharePoint RCE vulnerability requires immediate patchingcriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft SharePoint RCE vulnerability requires immediate patching

Microsoft SharePoint Server (specific versions not disclosed in advisory). Organizations running on-premises SharePoint deployments are affected. SharePoint Online managed by Microsoft likely already patched.

Microsoft14:23 UTC
AI chatbot abuse delivers cryptojacking malware via social engineeringhighbug_reportVulnerability
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AI chatbot abuse delivers cryptojacking malware via social engineering

Users of AI chatbots (platform-agnostic); Windows systems targeted for cryptojacking payload deployment. Campaign actively observed by Microsoft; no specific product vulnerability, relies on social engineering.

Microsoft05:45 UTC
Cryptojacking campaign uses SEO poisoning and ScreenConnect for GPU mininghighbug_reportVulnerability
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Cryptojacking campaign uses SEO poisoning and ScreenConnect for GPU mining

Organizations using ScreenConnect remote access software; high-performance PCs with GPUs; users searching for compromised topics via search engines and AI chatbots. Campaign leverages Microsoft .NET utilities for execution.

Microsoft19:35 UTC
Microsoft patches SharePoint RCE flaw via unsafe deserializationhighbug_reportVulnerability
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Microsoft patches SharePoint RCE flaw via unsafe deserialization

Microsoft SharePoint Server (specific versions not disclosed). Vulnerability involves deserialization of untrusted data leading to remote code execution with CVSS 8.8.

CVE-2026-4565909:49 UTC
Windows Server 2016 domain controller lookups fail after KB5087537 updatehighbug_reportVulnerability
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Windows Server 2016 domain controller lookups fail after KB5087537 update

Windows Server 2016 domain controllers running KB5087537 (May 2026 security update). Impacts Active Directory domain controller lookup functionality and domain connectivity.

Microsoft05:41 UTC
FBI warns of Kali365 phishing-as-a-service targeting Microsoft 365highperson_alertThreat Actor
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FBI warns of Kali365 phishing-as-a-service targeting Microsoft 365

Kali365 is a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that enables threat actors to conduct credential harvesting and account takeover operations against Microsoft 365 users.

Microsoft10:45 UTC