Risky Business #841 -- Microsoft gets owned and 0day'd
Microsoft suffered repository compromises and GitHub token theft alongside a new zero-day disclosure—a convergence that underscores supply-chain fragility for the millions of enterprises building on Microsoft's platform.
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On this week’s show special guest co-host Chris Wade, the founder of Corellium turned Cellebrite CTO, joins Patrick Gray and James Wilson to discuss the week’s cybersecurity news.
They cover:
Microsoft has repos owned, GitHub tokens popped, and a new 0day dropped on them Meanwhile, researchers are choosing full disclosure instead of engaging MSRC Meta’s AI support agent allowed a staggering 20,000 accounts to be stolen! Apple pulls Russia’s MAX messenger from the App Store and disable
Editorial Analysis
When a platform vendor as central as Microsoft is simultaneously hit by repo compromise, credential theft, and a zero-day, every downstream organisation inherits elevated supply-chain risk.
Immediately audit GitHub token hygiene, enforce short-lived credentials, and verify integrity of any code pulled from affected Microsoft repositories.
Microsoft's own development infrastructure was compromised this week, creating potential downstream risk for enterprises that depend on its code repositories and tooling.
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