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Research milestones, recognition, and updates from the team.

2026

UPCOMING TALK

Speaking at OffensiveCon Tokyo 2026.

Yunpeng Tian and wgg will present “Breaking NTFS at Scale: From an Unmapped Attack Surface to SYSTEM” at OffensiveCon Tokyo, held on October 27–28.

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SECURITY UPDATES

86 Windows CVEs reported by Diffract fixed in October.

Microsoft’s October 2026 security updates fixed 86 Windows CVEs reported by the Diffract team.

Microsoft October 2026 release notes ↗
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SECURITY UPDATES

80 Windows CVEs reported by Diffract fixed in September.

Microsoft’s September 2026 security updates fixed 80 Windows CVEs reported by the Diffract team, accounting for 11.1% of all Windows vulnerabilities fixed that month.

Microsoft September 2026 release notes ↗
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RECOGNITION

First on the MSRC Windows Q2 leaderboard.

Thanatos Tian, wgg and 2st with Diffract lead the Windows category in Microsoft’s Q2 researcher recognition.

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RECOGNITION

MSRC 2026 Most Valuable Researchers.

Annual recognition for contributions to Microsoft security. Explore the announcement and the 2026 leaderboards.

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