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Microsoft warns of new Defender zero-days exploited in attacks

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1 SIGNALFIRST DETECTED 21 May 2026UPDATED 17 October 2026
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Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild

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Microsoft warns of Exchange zero-day flaw exploited in attacks

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13 Oct
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