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Microsoft Azure Active Directory again a “Leader” in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management
Howdy folks, I’m proud to announce that for the fourth year in a row, Microsoft Azure Active Directory Azure AD has been recognized as a “Leader” in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide. Earlier this year, my boss, Joy Chik, CVP of Identity Engineering shared Microsoft’s guidin...
Extend data loss prevention to your devices with Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention, now generally available
Microsoft Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Data Loss Prevention DLP | What it is and how to set it up in Microsoft 365. Watch today Managing and protecting data is critical to any organization. Data is growing exponentially, and remote work is making it even harder to manage risks around...
Microsoft Security: 6 tips for enabling people-centric cybersecurity with security training
Everyone knows about phishing scams, and most of us think we’re too smart to take the bait. Our confidence often reaches superhero levels when we’re logged onto a company network. As Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft, and previously at telco Swisscom, it’s my business to understand how well...
Microsoft Security: What cybersecurity skills do I need to become a CISO?
Build the business skills you need to advance to Chief Information Security Officer For many cybersecurity professionals, the ultimate career goal is to land a chief information security officer CISO job. A CISO is an executive-level position responsible for cyber risk management and operations...
Forrester names Microsoft a Leader in 2020 Enterprise Detection and Response Wave
I’m proud to announce that Microsoft is positioned as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Detection and Response, Q1 2020. Among the Leaders in the report, Microsoft received the highest score in the current offering category. Microsoft also received the highest score of all participating...
Microsoft Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365 now generally available
Microsoft Insider Risk Management and Communication Compliance in Microsoft 365—now generally available—help organizations address internal risks, such as IP theft or code of conduct policy violations. The new Microsoft Insider Risk Management solution helps to quickly identify, detect, and act o...
Microsoft Intelligent Security Association expands with new members and products
Last April, we introduced theMicrosoft Intelligent Security Associationa group of 19 security technology providers who have integrated their solutions with a select set of Microsoft products to provide customers better protection, detection, and response. Today, we are pleased to announce five ne...
Cyber resilience for the modern enterprise
Many organizations are undergoing a digital transformation that leverages a mix of cloud and on-premises assets to increase business efficiency and growth. While increased dependence on technology is necessary for this transformation, and to position the business for success, it does pose risks...
Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise and import-time payload delivery
In this article 1. Attack chain overview 2. How the attack started: GitHub Actions pwn request 3. Mitigation and protection guidance 4. Learn more On July 14, 2026, Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a coordinated supply chain compromise of the @asyncapi npm organization, a widely used set ...
Beyond the benchmark: Advancing security at AI speed
In this article 1. From the lab into the pipeline 2. This month’s set of discoveries 3. Beyond the headline: What the engineering work taught us 4. Where we go next 5. Defense at AI speed 6. Learn more Every vulnerability has two clocks running. One belongs to the defender racing to find it; the...
From edge appliance to enterprise compromise: Multi-stage Linux intrusion via F5 and Confluence
In this article 1. Attack chain overview 1. Initial access: Exploiting edge appliances 2. Discovery and reconnaissance 3. Lateral movement and identity compromise 2. Mitigation and protection guidance 1. Microsoft Defender XDR detections 2. Advanced hunting 3. Indicators of compromise IOC 4. MITR...
Mini Shai Hulud: Compromised @antv npm packages enable CI/CD credential theft
In this article 1. Attack chain overview 1. Technical analysis 2. How GitHub took action to prevent further harm 2. Mitigation and protection guidance 1. Microsoft Defender XDR Detections 2. Microsoft Defender XDR Threat analytics 3. Advanced hunting 4. Indicators of Compromise IOC 3. References ...
Simplifying AWS defense with Microsoft Sentinel UEBA
In this article 1. Under the hood: The tables 2. Traditional vs. new approach 3. Real-world attack scenarios: Microsoft Sentinel UEBA in action 4. Practical implementation: Getting started 5. Limitations and constraints 6. From raw logs to behavioral context With the expansion of Microsoft Sentin...
Intent redirection vulnerability in third-party SDK exposed millions of Android wallets to potential risk
In this article 1. Technical details 2. Disclosure timeline 3. Mitigation and protection guidance 4. References 5. Learn more During routine security research, we identified a severe intent redirection vulnerability in a widely used third-party Android SDK called EngageSDK. This flaw allows apps ...
Mitigating the Axios npm supply chain compromise
In this article 1. Analysis of the attack 2. Mitigation and protection guidance 3. Microsoft Defender detections 4. Indicators of compromise 5. Hunting queries On March 31, 2026, two new npm packages for updated versions of Axios, a popular HTTP client for JavaScript that simplifies making HTTP...
Microsoft partners with Global Anti-Scam Alliance to fight cybercrime
Being the victim of a scam can be devastating. Unfortunately, the number of people who can attest to the truth of this statement, either because they themselves have been scammed or because it has happened to someone they know, is growing. The Global Anti-Scam Alliance GASA reports that in 2024...
Explore practical best practices to secure your data with Microsoft Purview
According to the Microsoft 2024 Data Security Index, organizations experience an average of 156 data security incidents annually, and this cyberthreat continues to be a top concern for data security decision-makers.1 A full 82% of security decision-makers believe a comprehensive, fully integrated...
6 insights from Microsoft’s 2024 state of multicloud risk report to evolve your security strategy
Multicloud computing has become the foundation for digital businesses, with 86% of organizations having already adopted a multicloud approach.1 However, for all its benefits around increased agility, flexibility, and choice, we also see unique challenges with multicloud—including the need to mana...
Security above all else—expanding Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
Last November, we launched the Secure Future Initiative SFI to prepare for the increasing scale and high stakes of cyberattacks. SFI brings together every part of Microsoft to advance cybersecurity protection across our company and products. Since then, the threat landscape has continued to rapid...
Navigating privacy in a data-driven world with Microsoft Priva
Data protection and privacy have become business imperatives. In a global survey conducted by Microsoft and leaders in the academic privacy space, 90 percent of respondents said they would not buy from an organization that does not properly protect its data.1 More than ever, people have a high...
Why a proactive detection and incident response plan is crucial for your organization
The security community is continuously changing, growing, and learning from each other to better position the world against cyberthreats. In the latest post of our Community Voices blog series, Microsoft Security Senior Product Marketing Manager Brooke Lynn Weenig talks with Matt Suiche, Director...
Cyber Signals: Risks to critical infrastructure on the rise
Today, the third edition of Cyber Signals was released spotlighting security trends and insights gathered from Microsoft’s 43 trillion daily security signals and 8,500 security experts. In this edition, we share new insights on wider risks that converging IT, Internet of Things IoT, and operation...
Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting demonstrates industry-leading protection in the 2022 MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations for Managed Services
Microsoft Defender Experts for Hunting, our newest managed threat hunting service, delivered industry-leading results during the inaugural MITRE Engenuity ATT&CK® Evaluations for Managed Services. We provided a seamless, comprehensive, and rapid response to the simulated attack using expert-led...
How one product manager builds community at Microsoft Security
I first met Joey Cruz not long after he joined the Microsoft Identity and Network Access IDNA team when he helped create demos for a keynote speech I was delivering. Joey has a way of making you feel that even if something goes sideways, it will all be okay because he will make sure it is. As...
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Unified Endpoint Management Tools
This month, Microsoft has been recognized by Gartner® as a Leader in the 2022 Magic Quadrant for Unified Endpoint Management UEM Tools. This blog post outlines the “so what” for IT leaders, and why we believe this Gartner analysis deserves your focus right now. As you see in the Magic Quadrant in...
How IT and security teams can work together to improve endpoint security
For executives in the IT and security spaces, the current climate offers reasons to worry. As workers become accustomed to new flexibility in the workplace, hybrid and remote work options present more challenges. Users want to access corporate resources from their own devices without the...
Announcing 2022 Microsoft Security Excellence Awards winners
Spirits soared at the Microsoft Security Excellence Awards on June 5, 2022. And is it any wonder? The celebration marked the first time that Microsoft executives and Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA members had gathered in person in more than two years so it was a special night for...
How Microsoft can help reduce insider risk during the Great Reshuffle
These are exciting and demanding days for organizations adapting to hybrid work realities, including a wider distributed workforce and more rapid change in employee roles. Organizations are becoming more agile as they refocus on employee onboarding and empowerment, opportunities with third-party...
Evolved phishing: Device registration trick adds to phishers’ toolbox for victims without MFA
We have recently uncovered a large-scale, multi-phase campaign that adds a novel technique to traditional phishing tactics by joining an attacker-operated device to an organization’s network to further propagate the campaign. We observed that the second stage of the campaign was successful agains...
How CISOs are preparing to tackle 2022
Looking back over the last year, the security landscape has continued to experience significant change and escalation. Every day, we see the toll this is taking on organizations of all sizes as they navigate the enduring challenges of the pandemic, the expansion of the digital estate, and the...
NICKEL targeting government organizations across Latin America and Europe
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center MSTIC has observed NICKEL, a China-based threat actor, targeting governments, diplomatic entities, and non-governmental organizations NGOs across Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America. MSTIC has been tracking NICKEL since 2016...
Defend against zero-day exploits with Microsoft Defender Application Guard
Zero-day security vulnerabilities—known to hackers, but unknown to software creators, security researchers, and the public—are like gold to attackers. With zero-days, or even zero-hours, developers have no time to patch the code, giving hackers enough access and time to explore and map internal...
A guide to combatting human-operated ransomware: Part 2
This blog is part two of a two-part series focused on how Microsoft DART helps customers with human-operated ransomware. For more guidance on human-operated ransomware and how to defend against these extortion-based attacks, refer to our human-operated ransomware docs page. In part one of this bl...
3 steps to prevent and recover from ransomware
On July 14, 2021, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence1 NCCoE at the National Institute of Standards and Technology2 NIST hosted a virtual workshop3 to seek feedback from government and industry experts on practical approaches to preventing and recovering from ransomware and other...
CISO Spotlight: How diversity of data (and people) defeats today’s cyber threats
This year, we have seen five significant security paradigm shifts in our industry. This includes the acknowledgment that the greater the diversity of our data sets, the better the AI and machine learning outcomes. This diversity gives us an advantage over our cyber adversaries and improves our...
Microsoft and Corrata integrate to extend cloud app security to mobile endpoints
This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligence Security Association guest blog series. To learn more about MISA, go here. The growth of mobile and remote work and the emergence of the “post perimeter” world has made keeping track of shadow IT a huge challenge for enterprise IT teams. What...
Announcing new capabilities for the Microsoft Azure Security Center
Microsoft Azure Security Center—the central hub for monitoring and protecting against related incidents within Azure—has released new capabilities. The following features—announced at Hannover Messe 2019—are now generally available for the Azure Security Center: Advanced Threat Protection for Azu...
5 steps financial institutions can take to reduce their cybercrime risk
When it comes to cybersecurity, financial institutions are uniquely challenged as they are often a target for hackers. My customers rightly worry about exposing their business and the broader financial system to a security breach. Some are reticent to adopt new technology that will help them stay...
Announcing the new Security Engineering website
To meet users’ expectations for security when using a product or cloud service, security must be an integral part of all aspects of the lifecycle. We all know this, and yet time has proven that this is far easier said than done because there is no single approach nor silver bullet that works in...
Microsoft at Black Hat USA 2026: Defending trust in the age of AI and supply chain attacks
In this article 1. Weston on the future of defense 2. Our latest intelligence and response on npm supply chain attacks 3. Follow the research in the Black Hat Briefings 4. Go deeper in Microsoft sessions 5. Visit booth 2144 for research, community, and hands-on defense 6. Plan your week with...
Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding
In this article 1. Real-world scenarios 2. Best Practices: Identity + RBAC + Scope + Safe Tool Binding 3. Looking Ahead AI agents aren't only smarter API callers. They plan, chain actions across systems, and invoke tools in sequences while no single human explicitly approves each step. The...
GigaWiper: Anatomy of a destructive backdoor assembled from multiple malware
In this article 1. A wiper inside a backdoor 2. Backdoor capabilities 3. How GigaWiper was assembled 4. Conclusion: Multiple destructive capabilities consolidated into a single implant 5. Defending against destructive threats 6. Microsoft Defender detections 7. Indicators of compromise In October...
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™ for Workforce Identity Security Platforms
Identity is the backbone of modern cybersecurity. Every access decision carries risk, across employees, partners, devices, workloads, and an expanding set of AI-powered agents. But most organizations are still operating across disparate systems. Identity signals are captured in one place, access...
Undermining the trust boundary: Investigating a stealthy intrusion through third-party compromise
In this article 1. Abuse of trusted relationships as an attack delivery mechanism 2. Methods, tools, and access strategies 3. Campaign conclusion 4. Microsoft Defender detection and hunting guidance In recent years, many sophisticated intrusions have increasingly avoided using noisy exploits,...
Microsoft SDL: Evolving security practices for an AI-powered world
As AI reshapes the world, organizations encounter unprecedented risks, and security leaders take on new responsibilities. Microsoft’s Secure Development Lifecycle SDL is expanding to address AI-specific security concerns in addition to the traditional software security areas that it has...
How Microsoft builds privacy and security to work hand-in-hand
The Deputy CISO blog series is where Microsoft Deputy Chief Information Security Officers CISOs share their thoughts on what is most important in their respective domains. In this series, you will get practical advice, tactics to start and stop deploying, forward-looking commentary on where the...
How to deploy AI safely
In this blog you will hear directly from Corporate Vice President and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer CISO for AI, Yonatan Zunger, about how to build a plan to deploy AI safely. This blog is part of a new ongoing series where our Deputy CISOs share their thoughts on what is most importa...
Analyzing open-source bootloaders: Finding vulnerabilities faster with AI
By leveraging Microsoft Security Copilot to expedite the vulnerability discovery process, Microsoft Threat Intelligence uncovered several vulnerabilities in multiple open-source bootloaders, impacting all operating systems relying on Unified Extensible Firmware Interface UEFI Secure Boot as well ...
New Windows 11 features strengthen security to address evolving cyberthreat landscape
Ahead of the Microsoft Build 2024 conference, we announced a new class of Windows computers, Copilot+ PC. Alongside this exciting new class of PCs, we are introducing important security features and updates that make Windows 11 more secure for users and organizations and give developers the tools...