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CYBER THREAT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF
Daily Brief · 17 August 2026 · 24h windowRISKMEDIUM
StratQuad CTI Daily Brief, 17 August 2026Compiled from 52 monitored sources · 74 articles reviewed
Today’s Briefing
Researchers at Birmingham and Durham universities have published a technique named Download More RAM that defeats Windows 11 memory integrity protections by writing to the Serial Presence Detect chip on standard DIMM modules, requiring prior privileged access but no physical tampering with the machine. Separately, Microsoft has delayed a promised Exchange update, citing a backlog of machine-generated bugs from AI tooling that has pushed back the delivery timeline indefinitely.
Top Stories
- Windows 11’s strongest security defenses can be bypassed without a screwdriver
- Microsoft blames AI for delayed Exchange update, can’t say when it will arrive
- Hazmat: Open-source containment for AI agents
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