Critical security patches, Patch Tuesday roundups, CVE advisories, Microsoft Defender updates, and Sentinel SIEM news relevant to Indian security operations centers.
Five facts critical infrastructure (CI) leaders need to act on in 2026, grounded in what Microsoft Threat Intelligence is observing across sectors right now. The post The threat to critical infrastructure has changed. Has your readiness? appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Read on Microsoft →Read actionable advice for CISOs on securing AI, managing risk, and applying core security principles in today’s AI‑powered environment. The post Applying security fundamentals to AI: Practical advice for CISOs appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Read on Microsoft →A malware campaign uses WhatsApp messages to deliver VBS scripts that initiate a multi-stage infection chain. The attack leverages renamed Windows tools and cloud-hosted payloads to install MSI backdoors and maintain persistent access to compromised systems. The post WhatsApp malware campaign delive
Read on Microsoft →Agentic AI introduces new security risks. Learn how the OWASP Top 10 Risks for Agentic Applications maps to real mitigations in Microsoft Copilot Studio. The post Addressing the OWASP Top 10 Risks in Agentic AI with Microsoft Copilot Studio appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Read on Microsoft →High-value assets including domain controllers, web servers, and identity infrastructure are frequent targets in sophisticated attacks. Microsoft Defender applies asset-aware protection using Microsoft Security Exposure Management to detect and block threats against these critical systems. This arti
Read on Microsoft →Read the latest Microsoft Secure Access report for insights into why a unified identity and access strategy offers strong modern protection. The post Identity security is the new pressure point for modern cyberattacks appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Read on Microsoft →Threat actors abused trusted Trivy distribution channels to inject credential‑stealing malware into CI/CD pipelines worldwide. This analysis walks through the Trivy supply‑chain compromise, attacker techniques, and concrete steps security teams can take to detect and defend against similar attacks.
Read on Microsoft →This research report explores the layers of agent intent and how to align them for secure enterprise AI adoption. The post Governing AI agent behavior: Aligning user, developer, role, and organizational intent appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.
Read on Microsoft →Microsoft Defender stopped a human-operated ransomware attack that abused Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to disable defenses and push encryption at scale. This case study breaks down the attacker’s playbook and shows how predictive shielding hardened 700 devices in time, resulting in zero GPO-based enc
Read on Microsoft →Excerpt: CTI-REALM is Microsoft’s open-source benchmark for evaluating AI agents on real-world detection engineering—turning cyber threat intelligence (CTI) into validated detections. The post CTI-REALM: A new benchmark for end-to-end detection rule generation with AI agents appeared first on Micros
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