Microsoft Windows — Cyber Threats, Attacks & Incidents

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency
9
occurrences
First Seen
November 13, 2025
Last Seen
July 15, 2026

Microsoft Windows is a technology platform tracked across 9 threat clusters and 9 intelligence report mentions on ThreatCluster. First observed November 13, 2025; most recent activity July 15, 2026.

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  • Analysis of Windows Exploitation Trends in 2015

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  • CISA Adds New Vulnerabilities to Known Exploited Catalog

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  • CISA Adds Multiple Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog, Including WatchGuard Flaw

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Recent Intelligence Reports

  • ESET Examines Windows Exploitations That Emerged in 2015 — Eset · July 15, 2026
  • "Mythos with Chinese Characteristics": Can It Catch Up? Is It Too Late? - 36氪 — Eu.36Kr · June 25, 2026
  • Employees are unknowingly inviting tech support impersonators into firms, says FBI — Csoonline · May 28, 2026
  • Phishing Campaign Deploys Javascript Driven Purelogs Variant To Steal Sensitive Data — www.fortinet.com · May 27, 2026
  • CISA Warns of Windows Shell Zero — Gbhackers · April 29, 2026
  • Zero‑Day Attacks on Enterprise Software Reach Record High, Google Warns — Infosecurity-Magazine · March 6, 2026
  • U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — Securityaffairs.Co · February 11, 2026
  • 17th November — Research.Checkpoint · November 17, 2025

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