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Volexity caught UTA0576 chaining three Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days into unauthenticated root on a fully patched VPN, then pulling LAPS passwords and BitLocker keys. Ivanti's Oct. 29 update closes the last bug.
Enclave's AuthMask bug let any Android app get work-account Microsoft Graph tokens from Authenticator by posing as Teams; Microsoft fixed it in 6.2606.4246 and says it wasn't exploited.
Kaspersky found BlackX, a UEFI bootkit used against Central Asian diplomats that bypasses Secure Boot via Baton Drop because Microsoft's revocation step was never applied. Medium-confidence link to APT41.
Node.js fixed an out-of-bounds write in its bundled Brotli decoder (CVE-2026-111497) that it says could allow remote code execution on 22.x, 24.x and 26.x. End-of-life versions get no patch.
Unit 42 says a cluster it calls CL-UNK-1211 spent six months in government Linux servers using AI-generated scripts, a new Go RAT and fake red-team markers, going after databases, mailboxes and linked social media accounts.