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When configuration becomes a vulnerability: Exploitable misconfigurations in AI apps
Exposed UIs, weak authentication, and risky defaults could turn cloud-native AI apps on Kubernetes into potential targets by threat actors. -
Accelerating detection engineering using AI-assisted synthetic attack logs generation
What if you could generate realistic attack telemetry on demand? Explore research methods that translate attacker behaviors (TTPs) into synthetic logs that can trigger detections at scale and without sensitive data. -
Undermining the trust boundary: Investigating a stealthy intrusion through third-party compromise
Microsoft Incident Response investigated an attack operated through legitimate and trusted administrative mechanisms to blend seamlessly into routine operations and remain undetected demonstrating that intrusions have increasingly avoided using noisy exploits, obvious malware, or custom tooling, instead leveraging systems that organizations already trust within their environments. Go beyond data protection with Microsoft Purview
Govern, protect, and manage all of your data with Microsoft Purview, comprehensive solutions to help give you better visibility and control.
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Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk
Dirty Frag is a newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting kernel networking and memory-fragment handling components including esp4, esp6, and rxrpc. -
When prompts become shells: RCE vulnerabilities in AI agent frameworks
New research exposes how prompt injection in AI agent frameworks can lead to remote code execution. -
ClickFix campaign uses fake macOS utilities lures to deliver infostealers
Threat actors are targeting macOS users with fake utility fixes that trick them into running malicious Terminal commands. -
Breaking the code: Multi-stage ‘code of conduct’ phishing campaign leads to AiTM token compromise
Microsoft Defender Research observed a large-scale credential theft campaign that exemplifies this trend, using code of conduct-themed lures, a multi-step attack chain, and legitimate email services to distribute fully authenticated messages from attacker-controlled domains. Streamline privacy management with Microsoft Priva
Protect and govern personal information, reduce privacy risks, and manage subject rights requests at scale with Microsoft Priva privacy risk management solutions.
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CVE-2026-31431: Copy Fail vulnerability enables Linux root privilege escalation across cloud environments
A high-severity Linux vulnerability, “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431), enables root privilege escalation across cloud environments and Kubernetes workloads. -
Email threat landscape: Q1 2026 trends and insights
In early 2026, email threats increased with a rise in credential phishing, QR code phishing, and CAPTCHA-gated campaigns, highlighted by Microsoft’s disruption of the Tycoon2FA phishing platform which led to a 15% volume decrease and shifts in threat actor tactics. -
Simplifying AWS defense with Microsoft Sentinel UEBA
Learn how Microsoft Sentinel UEBA helps defenders distinguish benign AWS activity from attacker behavior by enriching raw CloudTrail logs with clear, binary behavioral signals derived from baseline user, peer, and device behavior patterns. -
Detection strategies across cloud and identities against infiltrating IT workers
The shift to remote and hybrid work since the pandemic expanded global hiring and accelerated digital onboarding, increasing reliance on online identity verification and remote access.
