Researchers found more than 80 high-impact cloud and AI vulnerabilities during the event, which had a $5 million prize pool.
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Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities
Experts say this is the second-largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday ever based on CVE count.
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BrowserGate: Claims of LinkedIn ‘Spying’ Clash With Security Research Findings
Claims that “Microsoft is running one of the largest corporate espionage operations in modern history” face scrutiny as researchers analyze LinkedIn’s browser extension probing
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Google, Meta, Microsoft Among Signatories of Pact to Combat Scams
Several major tech and retail companies have signed an industry accord against online scams and fraud.
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Microsoft Patches 83 Vulnerabilities
Microsoft has fixed a critical vulnerability, but none of the flaws fixed this Patch Tuesday has been exploited in the wild.
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Tycoon 2FA Phishing Platform Dismantled in Global Takedown
The phishing-as-a-service platform was used to send fraudulent emails to over 500,000 organizations every month.
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Microsoft to Enable ‘Windows Baseline Security’ With New Runtime Integrity Safeguards
Windows will have runtime safeguards enabled by default, ensuring that only properly signed software runs.
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6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days Patched by Microsoft With February 2026 Updates
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates fix roughly 60 vulnerabilities found in the company’s products.
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Microsoft Patches Office Zero-Day Likely Exploited in Targeted Attacks
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-21509 and it can be exploited to bypass security features.
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Phishers Abuse SharePoint in New Campaign Targeting Energy Sector
Threat actors are leveraging the file-sharing service for payload delivery in AitM phishing and BEC attacks.
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