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YellowKey: Microsoft Issues Emergency Mitigations for BitLocker Bypass
Microsoft issued temporary mitigations on May 20 for CVE-2026-45585, a BitLocker bypass vulnerability exploited through the Windows Re…
CISA Adds Microsoft Defender DoS Flaw to KEV Catalog with June 3 Deadline
CISA has added CVE-2026-45498, a Denial of Service vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog…
CVE-2026-41091: Microsoft Defender Engine Exploited for SYSTEM Privilege Escalation
A link-following vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine enables local privilege escalation to SYSTEM. An analysis of…
May 2026 Patch Tuesday: 137 Flaws and the Domain Controller Threat
Microsoft's May 2026 security update addresses 137 vulnerabilities, including 31 critical flaws. While no zero-days were reported, una…
Apple Patches macOS RCE Vulnerability in USD Library (ZDI-26-314)
A critical out-of-bounds write in the macOS USD library could allow remote code execution through malicious 3D files. Apple released a…
macOS USD Library Bug ZDI-26-315 Exposes System Memory, Patch Issued May 12
Apple has addressed ZDI-26-315, an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the macOS Universal Scene Description (USD) library. Rated CVSS…
M365 Phishing: How Kali365 and EvilTokens Bypass MFA Without Passwords
Two emerging Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) platforms are leveraging device code phishing and OAuth consent abuse to hijack Microsoft 3…
18 Malicious AI Extensions Exposed: Unit 42 Details Email Spying and RAT Risks
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has uncovered 18 AI browser extensions that masquerade as productivity tools while deploying RATs and spyin…
Chrome Internal Bug Reports Surge to 200+ as Google Leans on AI
Google addressed more than 200 internally discovered vulnerabilities in Chrome between March and May 2026. The spike aligns with the c…
Microsoft Defender Zero-Days Under Active Attack; CISA Mandates Patching by June 3
Microsoft has confirmed that two vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender are being actively exploited in the wild. CISA has added both f…
Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agent Workflows
Microsoft has unveiled two open-source security tools for AI agents: RAMPART, a Pytest-native framework for build-time testing, and Cl…
1Password and OpenAI Partner to Provide Just-in-Time Credentials for AI Agents
1Password integrates its Environments MCP Server into OpenAI's Codex, enabling just-in-time credentialing for AI coding agents to prev…