Posts Tagged ‘Patch Tuesday’
CVE-2026-68820 WinSock Zero-Day: Lazarus Deploys Rootkit
The CVE-2026-68820 WinSock zero-day was already being used by North Korea’s Lazarus Group to plant a kernel-mode rootkit weeks before Microsoft shipped a fix in its August 2026 Patch Tuesday. Any Windows endpoint that processes network sockets — which is to say, essentially every Windows machine on your network — was exposed until this month’s…
Read MoreSwiss Federal SharePoint Breach Hits 200 Accounts
The Swiss federal SharePoint breach compromised roughly 200 accounts at Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT/FOITT), the agency confirmed in early August 2026. It is the first time DIESEC’s ongoing SharePoint vulnerability coverage has connected to a confirmed, named breach inside a DACH government body — not just a vendor advisory.…
Read MoreMicrosoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday Zero-Day Hits SharePoint
The Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday zero-day count is the largest disclosure on record — trackers put the total at 570 to 622 CVEs depending on methodology — and two of the fixed flaws were already being exploited before the patch shipped: one in Active Directory Federation Services, one in SharePoint Server. A separate, publicly…
Read MoreTop 5 Cybersecurity News Stories February 13, 2026
Cybersecurity threats are constantly evolving as threat actors seek access to your data and money. To help you stay secure, we have searched the internet for the top 5 cybersecurity news stories of the week that we think you should be aware of. No story is too big or small as we look at threats…
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