Widening enterprise endpoint protection and patch-management gap
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Enterprise endpoint protection is deteriorating as patch compliance lags, increasing the risk of breaches and downtime across managed devices. A March 23, 2026 resilience index found 24% of endpoint vulnerability management platforms were outside compliance, up from 20% the year before. The trend is amplified by 127-day average delays for critical Microsoft Windows updates and a growing share of permanently unpatched endpoints.
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Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates (570 flaws, 3 zero-days)
Security Patch Release
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First: 14.07.2026 21:01
Last: 14.07.2026 21:01
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Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday released security updates for 570 flaws, including three zero-days and two vulnerabilities exploited in attacks, creating immed...
Microsoft July 2026 Patch Tuesday security updates (570 flaws, 3 zero-days)
Security Patch ReleaseAbout this happening: Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday released security updates for 570 flaws, including three zero-days and two vulnerabilities exploited in attacks, creating immed...
Rising critical Microsoft vulnerabilities across Windows, Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office
Trend
H score19
First: 19.05.2026 17:00
Last: 19.05.2026 17:00
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Microsoft’s vulnerability volume stayed broadly stable, but critical flaws doubled year over year across Windows, Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office, increasing the likelihoo...
Rising critical Microsoft vulnerabilities across Windows, Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office
TrendAbout this happening: Microsoft’s vulnerability volume stayed broadly stable, but critical flaws doubled year over year across Windows, Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office, increasing the likelihoo...
Microsoft Exchange CVE-2026-42897 mitigation advisory
Advisory/Mitigation
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First: 15.05.2026 12:40
Last: 15.05.2026 12:40
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Microsoft issued immediate mitigation guidance for CVE-2026-42897, reducing risk for Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition (SE) on-premises servers that...
Microsoft Exchange CVE-2026-42897 mitigation advisory
Advisory/MitigationAbout this happening: Microsoft issued immediate mitigation guidance for CVE-2026-42897, reducing risk for Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition (SE) on-premises servers that...
Latest development: 15.05.2026 15:35
Microsoft issued temporary mitigation guidance for CVE-2026-42897 while a patch is still in development, recommending the Exchange Emergency Mitigation (EM) Service, which is enabled by default and can be checked with the Exchange Health Checker script, or the Exchange On-premises Mitigation Tool (EOMT) for disconnected or air-gapped environments. Microsoft noted that the mitigations can disrupt features such as OWA Print Calendar and Inline images, and that servers older than March 2023 cannot receive new mitigations through EM Service.
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 multi-product zero-days privilege-escalation flaw
Vulnerability
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First: 14.05.2026 21:53
Last: 14.05.2026 21:53
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 opened with 24 unique zero-days demonstrated against fully patched products, creating immediate exposure across browser, OS, virtualization, enterp...
Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 multi-product zero-days privilege-escalation flaw
VulnerabilityAbout this happening: Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 opened with 24 unique zero-days demonstrated against fully patched products, creating immediate exposure across browser, OS, virtualization, enterp...
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday release
Security Patch Release
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First: 13.05.2026 13:36
Last: 13.05.2026 13:36
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Microsoft's May 13, 2026 Patch Tuesday release fixed 138 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including Windows, Azure, and Edge. None of the flaws we...
Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday release
Security Patch ReleaseAbout this happening: Microsoft's May 13, 2026 Patch Tuesday release fixed 138 vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including Windows, Azure, and Edge. None of the flaws we...
Latest development: 01.06.2026 15:30
Belgium's Centre for Cybersecurity warned that CVE-2026-41089 in Windows Netlogon is being actively exploited in the wild after Microsoft patched the stack-based buffer overflow during the May 2026 Patch Tuesday. The flaw affects all currently supported Windows Server versions, including Windows Server 2025, and can let an unauthenticated attacker gain remote code execution on targeted domain controllers.
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23.03.2026 02:00 2 articles · 3mo ago
Absolute Security publishes 2026 endpoint protection risk findings
Technical Analysis UpdateAbsolute Security’s 2026 Resilience Risk Index says endpoint cybersecurity software fails to protect one in five enterprise devices, leaving organizations with the equivalent of 76 days a year of increased network access for cybercriminals. The report says 24% of endpoint vulnerability management platforms are outside compliance, critical updates for Microsoft Windows are delayed by an average of 127 days, nearly 10% of enterprise endpoints are permanently unpatched, and Windows 10 has been out of support since October 2025.
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- Enterprise Cybersecurity Software Fails 20% of the Time, Warns Absolute Security — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.03.2026 15:15
- Enterprise Cybersecurity Software Fails 20% of the Time, Warns Absolute Security — www.infosecurity-magazine.com — 24.03.2026 15:15