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Microsoft Defender’s latest patch bypass shows a familiar problem. A newly disclosed Microsoft Defender flaw called ShieldBreak shows that fixing one attack path doesn’t always close every route to the same result.
The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof.
Microsoft has reminded IT administrators that Windows Server 2022 will reach the end of mainstream support on October 13, 2026, transitioning to extended support (security updates only) until October 14, 2031. The company strongly recommends upgrading to Windows Server 2025, the latest Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release, which offers mainstream support through November 14, 2034.
Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, conducted in cooperation with the Cyber Corps hacker group. The attack targeted Wildberries’ customer service, contact centers, and payment infrastructure, causing widespread disruption despite the company’s strong security measures.
As organizations adopt AI agents through the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enterprise secrets face new exposure vectors: plaintext credentials in config files, credential sprawl across ungoverned servers, prompt injection tricking agents into leaking secrets, and over-permissioned deployments that violate least privilege. The article recommends centralized secret management, short-lived credentials, least-privilege enforcement, human-in-the-loop gates, and full audit logging to secure the MCP layer.
This article reports that the Clop ransomware gang has claimed data theft attacks against General Electric (GE), Philips, and Shell, exploiting a critical improper input validation vulnerability (CVE-2026-12569) in internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM enterprise platforms. GE confirmed it is investigating the claim, while Philips acknowledged a breach of an internal enterprise server but stated the incident was contained and did not affect customers.