Microsoft SharePoint

2026-07-1513 minCisco Taloscritical

Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday discloses 622 vulnerabilities, including 57 critical-severity issues spanning RCE, elevation of privilege, spoofing, and security feature bypass across Windows components, Office, SharePoint, SQL Server, Dynamics, and cloud services. Two vulnerabilities — an AD FS elevation of privilege flaw (CVE-2026-56155) and a SharePoint spoofing flaw (CVE-2026-56164) — are confirmed exploited in the wild, and 11 critical RCE issues plus several important EoP flaws are rated 'more likely' to be exploited by Microsoft. Cisco Talos has released Snort 2 and Snort 3 rule updates to detect exploitation attempts for a subset of the disclosed vulnerabilities.

Token Theft and AI Poisoning Redefine the Perimeter Attackers are shifting from breaking passwords to stealing active login sessions, bypassing multi-factor authentication entirely. This week, ARToken and ConsentFix exploited Microsoft 365 OAuth flows to hijack accounts, while Anubis ransomware used the ongoing CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability to steal session tokens from network gateways. Even a standard user can become a Global Administrator in minutes if identity settings are loose, as demonstrated by a recent M365 privilege escalation analysis. Simultaneously, artificial intelligence systems have evolved from helper tools to critical vulnerabilities, serving as both the weapon and the target. Threat actors are using AI to generate malware like InfernoGrabber v9.0 and BusySnake Stealer, while also poisoning AI agent ecosystems with malicious skills like OpenClaw and tricking AI models into executing financial fraud via indirect prompt injection. The AI arms race has accelerated breakout times to under 30 minutes, with state-sponsored groups like GTG-1002 now orchestrating entire espionage campaigns via AI. Defenders must immediately audit identity and session controls, treating session tokens as highly sensitive credentials. Security teams should also implement guardrails for AI agents, verifying external URLs and restricting autonomous financial or code execution actions.

The StrikeShark campaign utilizes a novel malware family named SharkLoader to deploy Cobalt Strike Beacons across various global sectors. Threat actors gain initial access by exploiting known vulnerabilities in public-facing applications or distributing custom droppers disguised as legitimate software. SharkLoader employs advanced evasion techniques, including Perfect DLL Hijacking and extensive API hooking, to bypass loader locks and conceal its execution in memory.

2026-06-015 minTrend Microcritical

At Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security researchers demonstrated 47 unique zero-day vulnerabilities across AI platforms and traditional enterprise software. Notable exploits included root-level code execution in AI agents via trust boundary failures, a SYSTEM-level RCE in Microsoft Exchange, a pre-authentication RCE in SharePoint, and a cross-tenant guest-to-host escape in VMware ESXi.

2026-05-134 minCisco Taloscritical

Microsoft's May 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 137 vulnerabilities, including 31 critical flaws, 16 of which are Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. While no active exploitation has been observed, critical flaws affect core services like Windows Netlogon, DNS Client, and Azure Managed Instances, prompting the release of Snort detection rules by Cisco Talos.

In Q1 2026, vulnerability registrations continued to rise, heavily influenced by AI-assisted discovery tools. Threat actors and APT groups actively exploited a mix of legacy and newly discovered vulnerabilities across Windows, Linux, and Microsoft Office, frequently utilizing C2 frameworks like Metasploit and Sliver to bypass authentication and gain initial access.

2026-05-134 minCisco Taloshigh

The Talos 2025 Year in Review highlights a dual threat landscape where attackers rapidly exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities like React2Shell while continuing to heavily target legacy flaws in embedded components such as Log4j and PHPUnit. Threat actors are increasingly focusing on identity-adjacent systems and network infrastructure to bypass authentication and segmentation, aided by Agentic AI accelerating exploit development.

2026-05-133 minCISAhigh

CISA has added CVE-2026-20963, a Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog due to evidence of active exploitation. Organizations are strongly urged to prioritize timely remediation of this flaw as part of their vulnerability management practices to reduce exposure to cyberattacks.

2026-05-138 minMandiantcritical

In 2025, ransomware operators increasingly relied on vulnerability exploitation for initial access and heavily targeted virtualization infrastructure like ESXi. While overall ransomware profitability appears to be declining, threat actors have adapted by increasing data theft extortion, targeting smaller organizations, and utilizing cross-platform ransomware families like REDBIKE, AGENDA, and INC.