Day: October 19, 2026

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Microsoft Is Now the Disguise in One of Every Three Brand Phishing Attempts: Six Rings of Defense, From the Open Web to the Help Desk

L7 News October 19, 2026

Here Is How Layered Defenses Help When a Trusted Brand Is the DisguisePhishers dress their messages up as the companies...

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A Weekend Cyber Incident Closes an Idaho School District on Monday: Where Things Stand, and Five Questions for Your Own Organization

L7 News October 19, 2026

Students in Jerome, Idaho, are home today, and it has nothing to do with the weather. The Jerome School District...

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MITRE ATT&CK v20, Read Like Release Notes: New Entries on AI Abuse, MFA Workarounds and Attacks on Water Utilities

L7 News October 19, 2026

MITRE ATT&CK is the shared vocabulary security teams use to describe what attackers actually do once they go after a...

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One Hacker, a Team of AI Agents and About $5,000: Who’s Who in the Spree That Broke Into More Than 100 Company Websites

L7 News October 19, 2026

For years, the limit on how many companies one criminal could attack was the criminal’s own time. A new report...

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Outlook on the Web Failing or Mail Stuck in the Outbox? A Symptom Checker for Exchange Servers After October’s Windows Updates

L7 News October 19, 2026

If your company still runs its own Exchange server and people started complaining about email after Patch Tuesday, the server...

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Only 1 in 200 Vulnerabilities Ever Gets Used in an Attack. Microsoft’s Data Shows Which Ones, and Why Servers Are the Weak Spot

L7 News November 3, 2026

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No Cards, No ATMs: A Cyber Incident Sends Turning Stone’s Casinos and Stores in Central New York to Cash Only

L7 News November 3, 2026

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Your AI Coding Assistant May Be Installing Abandoned Software: The MCPhantom Findings at a Glance

L7 News November 3, 2026

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The Malware Came From the Factory: How Google Tore Down a 1.3 Million-Device TV Box Botnet

L7 News November 3, 2026

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Nearly a Year Later, Harvard’s Alumni and Donor Breach Finally Has a Number: 851,000 Email Addresses

L7 News November 3, 2026