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People are discussing a week of unusually widespread Microsoft security risk, highlighting actively exploited Defender zero-days, an unpatched Exchange spoofing vulnerability, and a BitLocker bypass dubbed “YellowKey,” alongside a massive Patch Tuesday batch of 137 CVEs. The common thread is escalating exploitation and patch pressure at the same time.

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so to recap this week: two actively exploited Defender zero-days, an unpatched Exchange spoofing vuln, a BitLocker bypass called "YellowKey", AND 137 CVEs from Patch Tuesday. this is not a normal week ·
Key Takeaway “YellowKey” is being grouped with actively exploited Microsoft issues this week, alongside major Exchange exposure and a large Patch Tuesday CVE drop.
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“YellowKey” is being grouped with actively exploited Microsoft issues this week, alongside major Exchange exposure and a large Patch Tuesday CVE drop.

People are discussing a week of unusually widespread Microsoft security risk, highlighting actively exploited Defender zero-days, an unpatched Exchange spoofing vulnerability, and a BitLocker bypass dubbed “YellowKey,” alongside a massive Patch Tuesday batch of 137 CVEs. The common thread is escalating exploitation and patch pressure at the same time.

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Defender zero-days exploited 2
Exchange spoofing vuln status Unpatched
Patch Tuesday CVEs 137

What to Watch

  • Follow updates on whether the unpatched Exchange spoofing vulnerability gets emergency remediation. r/sysadmin
  • Track future Patch Tuesday/security roundup counts to see if the 137-CVE volume persists. r/sysadmin

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  • so to recap this week: two actively exploited Defender zero-days, an unpatched Exchange spoofing vuln, a BitLocker bypass called "YellowKey", AND 137 CVEs from Patch Tuesday. this is not a normal week HotHardware
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hothardware.com

Microsoft Mitigates Dangerous YellowKey Tool That Breaks BitLocker

Microsoft has a potential workaround for the recent YellowKey BitLocker exploit, but hasn't readied a patch just yet.

4d ago Chris Harper
golem.de

Manueller Eingriff nötig: Microsoft reagiert auf Yellowkey-Exploit für Bitlocker - Golem.de

Seit Tagen kursiert im Netz ein Zero-Day-Exploit zur Umgehung der Bitlocker-Verschlüsselung. Admins müssen sich vorerst selbst um den Schutz kümmern.

5d ago Marc Stöckel
neowin.net

Nightmare-Eclipse drops YellowKey and GreenPlasma exploits for Windows 11

Is there a backdoor in BitLocker? A new exploit suggests Microsoft might have left the door open for data access, while a second flaw threatens system security.

10d ago Paul Hill
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