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Secure agentic AI end-to-end
In this agentic era, security must be woven into, and around, every layer of the AI estate.
Applying security fundamentals to AI: Practical advice for CISOs
Read actionable advice for CISOs on securing AI, managing risk, and applying core security principles in today’s AI‑powered environment.
The agentic SOC—Rethinking SecOps for the next decade
In the SOC of the future, autonomous defense moves at machine speed, agents add context and coordination, and humans focus on judgment, risk, and outcomes.
Mitigating the Axios npm supply chain compromise
On March 31, 2026, the popular HTTP client Axios experienced a supply chain attack, causing two newly published npm packages for version updates to download from command and control (C2) that Microsoft Threat Intelligence has attributed to the North Korean state actor Sapphire Sleet.
Threat intelligence
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Investigating Storm-2755: “Payroll pirate” attacks targeting Canadian employees
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers observed an emerging, financially motivated threat actor, tracked as Storm-2755, compromising Canadian employee accounts to gain unauthorized access to employee profiles and divert salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. -
SOHO router compromise leads to DNS hijacking and adversary-in-the-middle attacks
Executive summary Forest Blizzard, a threat actor linked to the Russian military, has been compromising insecure home and small-office internet equipment like routers, then modifying their settings in ways that turn them into part of the actor’s malicious infrastructure. -
Storm-1175 focuses gaze on vulnerable web-facing assets in high-tempo Medusa ransomware operations
The financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor Storm-1175 operates high-velocity ransomware campaigns that weaponize recently disclosed vulnerabilities to obtain initial access, exfiltrate data, and deploy Medusa ransomware.
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AI and machine learning
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The agentic SOC—Rethinking SecOps for the next decade
In the SOC of the future, autonomous defense moves at machine speed, agents add context and coordination, and humans focus on judgment, risk, and outcomes. -
Threat actor abuse of AI accelerates from tool to cyberattack surface
Generative AI is upgrading cyberattacks, from 450% higher phishing click‑through rates to industrialized MFA bypass. -
Applying security fundamentals to AI: Practical advice for CISOs
Read actionable advice for CISOs on securing AI, managing risk, and applying core security principles in today’s AI‑powered environment.
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The agentic SOC—Rethinking SecOps for the next decade
In the SOC of the future, autonomous defense moves at machine speed, agents add context and coordination, and humans focus on judgment, risk, and outcomes. -
Investigating Storm-2755: “Payroll pirate” attacks targeting Canadian employees
Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers observed an emerging, financially motivated threat actor, tracked as Storm-2755, compromising Canadian employee accounts to gain unauthorized access to employee profiles and divert salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts. -
Intent redirection vulnerability in third-party SDK exposed millions of Android wallets to potential risk
A severe Android intent‑redirection vulnerability in a widely deployed SDK exposed sensitive user data across millions of apps. -
SOHO router compromise leads to DNS hijacking and adversary-in-the-middle attacks
Executive summary Forest Blizzard, a threat actor linked to the Russian military, has been compromising insecure home and small-office internet equipment like routers, then modifying their settings in ways that turn them into part of the actor’s malicious infrastructure. -
Inside an AI‑enabled device code phishing campaign
A new wave of device code phishing shows how threat actors are scaling account compromise using AI and end‑to‑end automation. -
Storm-1175 focuses gaze on vulnerable web-facing assets in high-tempo Medusa ransomware operations
The financially motivated cybercriminal threat actor Storm-1175 operates high-velocity ransomware campaigns that weaponize recently disclosed vulnerabilities to obtain initial access, exfiltrate data, and deploy Medusa ransomware.