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A week in security (July 6 – July 12)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: This new Windows malware can take over your PC and wipe it clean How mule betting scams recruit ordinary people Two Chrome updates in two days fix critical vulnerabilities How World Cup crypto prediction sites take your money 6.9 million driver’s license numbers...
Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development
Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 CVSS score: 7.8, with the tech giant describing it as a privilege escalation flaw. "Microsoft is...
Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development
Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 CVSS score: 7.8, with the tech giant describing it as a privilege escalation flaw. "Microsoft is...
Microsoft Defender RoguePlanet Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Access on Updated Windows
The anonymous security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse aka Nightmare-Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept PoC exploit for yet another Microsoft Defender zero-day named RoguePlanet. "The exploit is a race condition, so it's a hit or miss," the researcher, who published the exploit...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Defender 0-Day, SonicWall Brute-Force, 17-Year-Old Excel RCE and 15 More Stories
You know that feeling when you open your feed on a Thursday morning and it's just... a lot? Yeah. This week delivered. We've got hackers getting creative in ways that are almost impressive if you ignore the whole "crime" part, ancient vulnerabilities somehow still ruining people's days, and enoug...
Microsoft Issues Patches for Defender Zero-Day and 82 Other Windows Flaws
For the first patch Tuesday of 2021, Microsoft released security updates addressing a total of 83 flaws spanning as many as 11 products and services, including an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. The latest security patches cover Microsoft Windows, Edge browser, ChakraCore, Office and...