This episode covers a chaotic Friday the thirteenth in tech, from Microsoft's massive global outage crippling Outlook and Teams to a dangerous new Windows zero-day exploit called SignDrop that gives attackers full system control. We dig into fresh vulnerabilities hitting PTC enterprise software and N-able's platform, where hackers exploited a flaw within hours of its public disclosure to drop crypto miners on compromised servers.
Show Notes
This episode covers a chaotic Friday the thirteenth in tech, from Microsoft's massive global outage crippling Outlook and Teams to a dangerous new Windows zero-day exploit called SignDrop that gives attackers full system control. We dig into fresh vulnerabilities hitting PTC enterprise software and N-able's platform, where hackers exploited a flaw within hours of its public disclosure to drop crypto miners on compromised servers.
Stories covered:
- Massive Microsoft 365 outage disrupts Outlook, Teams, Copilot worldwide (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/massive-microsoft-365-outage-disrupts-outlook-teams-copilot-worldwide/
- PTC Patches Critical Windchill and FlexPLM Flaw That Could Enable Remote Code Execution (The Hacker News) - https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/ptc-patches-critical-windchill-and.html
- New Windows SignDrop zero-day gives hackers SYSTEM privileges (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-windows-signdrop-zero-day-gives-hackers-system-privileges/
- New N-able "4EverAble2Shell" zero-day exploited hours after PoC released (BleepingComputer) - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-n-able-4everable2shell-zero-day-exploited-hours-after-poc-released/
- A 75-Year-Old Finished the Athens Marathon Barefoot and Dressed as an Ancient Warrior (Marathon Handbook) - https://marathonhandbook.com/athens-marathon-barefoot-75-year-old/
- FBI: North Korean hackers have stolen $400 million in crypto over last 18 months - The Hill (The Hill) - https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMihwFBVV95cUxOM1lMTFV6MGJKYWR3SEtRa2JGZlNwVzduZUxPOUxFVlBZNnp5bGdMakJPbFp3dDVtQm8yc3VWS0wza21sbkt4WEx0NzgzUkNIbzlPT2RVWEQ2ekZfbzRTOUVma0R2aDhvd0x5LUc4UFR5WkM2aG1KVFNFSW5BalhsMVM4Q2NFWGfSAYwBQVVfeXFMT19MVWQwRFpKQkNiT0hPMUNCOXNBQVcyQk5LQnRIWm5JNlRvYjY4SnJreENETDRRZWtieE42TUZYMUxLSFBJTGpLckJ0VlVhTmVYempVOWN3ZXdFMmFobE9KNmFEZ21VTEs5NW5wVHU5SjRsU2VnTXJIcVVXM29xWVQwUkFOdVFEY2JEQnY?oc=5
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