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Microsoft's 974-CVE Patch Tuesday: Fix the Exploited Paths, Not the Headline

Microsoft's September 2026 release lists 974 Microsoft CVEs, including two Windows privilege-escalation flaws in CISA KEV. A known RDS regression makes staged, risk-based deployment more important—not less urgent.

16 September 2026
Vulnerability Management Microsoft Windows

Nightmare Eclipse in September 2026: Five New PoCs Test Windows' Trust Boundaries

Nightmare Eclipse's latest Windows PoCs target Defender, CrowdStrike, Kaspersky, Avast, and NVIDIA. What is confirmed, what is not, and how to respond.

13 September 2026
Windows Vulnerability Endpoint Security

Prinz Eugen Ransomware Encrypts Your Newest Files First

A new Go-based ransomware family prioritizes recently modified files, uses RDP and legitimate remote-management tooling, and leaves no ransom note on disk. Here's what to hunt and harden.

22 June 2026
Ransomware Threat Intelligence Incident Response

GreatXML: When a Setup File Unlocks BitLocker

GreatXML is a public BitLocker-bypass PoC claim involving WinRE, Defender Offline Scan state, and unattend.xml. The defensive lesson is bigger than one repository: recovery environments are security boundaries.

11 June 2026
Windows Vulnerability BitLocker

RoguePlanet: Nightmare Eclipse's New Windows Defender LPE PoC After the June 2026 Patch

RoguePlanet is the latest public Nightmare Eclipse proof-of-concept targeting Microsoft Defender. The code points to a race condition that turns Defender cleanup behavior into SYSTEM execution.

10 June 2026
Windows Vulnerability Zero-Day

YellowKey: The BitLocker Bypass Hidden in Windows Recovery

A researcher discovered a zero-day that bypasses BitLocker encryption on Windows 11 using a USB stick and the recovery environment — and suspects the component may be intentional. CVE-2026-45585, CVSS 6.8. Microsoft released an official mitigation on May 21, 2026.

Updated 21 May 2026
Windows Vulnerability Encryption

AutoHotkey Malware Loaders: How Attackers Weaponize Automation Scripts

AutoHotkey isn't just for productivity scripts — attackers use it as a stealthy malware loader. Learn how AHK-based campaigns work and how to detect them.

7 May 2026
Malware Analysis Detection Red Team

BYOVD: How Attackers Use Legitimate Drivers to Kill Your Security Tools

BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) lets attackers reach the Windows kernel using signed, legitimate drivers — and then silently kill your EDR before ransomware drops.

7 May 2026
Red Team Blue Team Malware Analysis

Rapid Compromise Triage: First 10 Minutes on Linux and Windows

A practical workflow for the first 10 minutes after a suspected breach — commands with explanations for Linux and Windows triage, red flags, and when to escalate.

7 May 2026
Incident Response Blue Team DFIR

Windows Event Logs for Security Analysts: Read, Hunt, Automate

A practical guide to Windows Event Log analysis for blue teams — key Event IDs, PowerShell automation, cross-version differences, and structured exports for SIEM tools.

7 May 2026
Blue Team Detection Windows
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