AI synthesis North Korea's Lazarus group exploited Windows zero-day CVE-2026-68820 in fake job offers targeting defense firms. Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixed the flaw among 400+ vulnerabilities, including other disclosed zero-days.
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Today is Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes security updates for a massive 400 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. [...]
A use-after-free in the afd.sys Windows kernel-mode driver has been exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges. The post August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 fixes 398 CVEs, including an actively exploited zero-day and a wormable DNS flaw enabling remote code execution. Microsoft released its Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2026 on Tuesday, covering 398 new CVEs across Windows, Offi...
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered security fixes for 400+ vulnerabilities, including one that has been exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-68820) and three that were publicly disclosed prior to the release of the patches. Vulnerabilities of note CVE-2026-6882...
The North Korea-linked Lazarus group is using fake job offers, trojanized PDF software and a Windows zero-day in attacks aimed primarily at the defense sector, Check Point researchers have found. The activity is part of Operation Dream Job, a long-running campaign in which att...
August 2026 Patch Tuesday: 421 Flaws, 3 Zero-Days Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday release addresses 421 vulnerabilities , including three zero-days . One zero-day was exploited in the wild, while two others were pu
North Korean hackers have been exploiting a Windows zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-68820) to target defense-sector companies as part of the Operation Dream Job campaign. [...]
Lazarus targets defense professionals with fake Lockheed Martin jobs, exploiting a Windows zero-day to deploy backdoors and evade security controls. Check Point Research has uncovered a new wave of Operation Dream Job, the long-running North Korean campaign that lures defense ...