Before You Patch. Why Patch Reliability Matters for Confident Deployment
Executive Summary Microsoft’s September 2026 security updates – KB5124008, KB5124012, and KB5123099 have been linked to significant issues, underscoring the operational risks associated with security patching. Five known problems emerged after deployment: domain-joined devices losing their secure trust relationship with the domain, USB audio devices failing to start or producing no sound, host…
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Executive Summary CISA added three actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerabilities: CVE-2025-39682, CVE-2026-53266, and CVE-2025-39964 to its KEV Catalog on September 18, 2026, triggering a 3-day remediation deadline that passed on September 21. Under CISA BOD 26-04, a 3-day window applies to CVE-2025-39682 across all assets, and for the other two, the deadline is 3 days […]
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Threat Actors Use Google Ads To Target Ledger Users
In August 2026, Zscaler ThreatLabz analyzed a phishing campaign that used fraudulent Google ads to target Ledger hardware wallet users. The ads redirected users through Google Cloud Storage and Vercel to a Google Sites page containing a phishing page impersonating Ledger in an iframe. During our analysis, the Vercel redirect appeared to change every 15-20 minutes. There, a fake…
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