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  • Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens

    Russia Hacked Routers to Steal Microsoft Office Tokens Hackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence units are using known flaws in older Internet routers to mass harvest authentication tokens from Microsoft Office users, security experts warned today. The spying campaign allowed state-backed Russian hackers to quietly siphon authentication tokens from users on more than 18,000 networks…

  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition

    Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing “zero-day” flaws this month (compared to February’s five zero-day treat), but as usual some patches may deserve more rapid attention from organizations using Windows. Here…

  • Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

    Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition Microsoft today issued patches to plug at least 113 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and supported software. Eight of the vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, and the company warns that attackers are already exploiting one of the bugs fixed today. January’s Microsoft zero-day flaw — CVE-2026-20805…

  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2025 Edition

    Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2025 Edition Microsoft today pushed updates to fix at least 56 security flaws in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This final Patch Tuesday of 2025 tackles one zero-day bug that is already being exploited, as well as two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities. Despite releasing a lower-than-normal number of security updates…

  • Patch Tuesday, October 2025 ‘End of 10’ Edition

    Patch Tuesday, October 2025 ‘End of 10’ Edition Microsoft today released software updates to plug a whopping 172 security holes in its Windows operating systems, including at least two vulnerabilities that are already being actively exploited. October’s Patch Tuesday also marks the final month that Microsoft will ship security updates for Windows 10 systems. If…

  • ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps

    ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed “ClickFix,” the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes…