Running OpenClaw safely: identity, isolation, and runtime risk
Self-hosted agents execute code with durable credentials and process untrusted input.
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Modernize your Security Operations Center with Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel is a cloud-native SIEM solution powered by AI and automation that delivers intelligent security analytics across your entire enterprise.
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Detecting and mitigating common agent misconfigurations
Agents are increasingly powerful. With that power comes risk: small misconfigurations, over‑broad sharing, unauthenticated access, and weak orchestration controls can create real exposure. -
Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning
That helpful “Summarize with AI” button? It might be secretly manipulating what your AI recommends. -
A one-prompt attack that breaks LLM safety alignment
As LLMs and diffusion models power more applications, their safety alignment becomes critical. Tailored AI insights from Microsoft Security Copilot
Empower your defenders to detect hidden patterns, harden defenses, and respond to incidents faster with generative AI.
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Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk
We are seeing exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk via CVE‑2025‑40551 and CVE‑2025‑40536 that can lead to domain compromise; here is how to patch, hunt, and mitigate now. -
New Clickfix variant ‘CrashFix’ deploying Python Remote Access Trojan
CrashFix crashes browsers to coerce users into executing commands that deploy a Python RAT, abusing finger. -
Detecting backdoored language models at scale
We’re releasing new research on detecting backdoors in open-weight language models and highlighting a practical scanner designed to detect backdoored models at scale and improve overall trust in AI systems. -
Infostealers without borders: macOS, Python stealers, and platform abuse
How modern infostealers target macOS systems, leverage Python‑based stealers, and abuse trusted platforms and utilities to distribute credential‑stealing payloads. 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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Case study: Securing AI application supply chains
Securing AI-powered applications requires more than just safeguarding prompts. -
Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI
Security teams often spend days manually turning long incident reports and threat writeups into actionable detections by extracting TTPs. -
From runtime risk to real‑time defense: Securing AI agents
Why securing AI agents at runtime is essential as attackers find new ways to exploit generative orchestration. -
Resurgence of a multi‑stage AiTM phishing and BEC campaign abusing SharePoint
Microsoft Defender Researchers uncovered a multi‑stage AiTM phishing and business email compromise (BEC) campaign targeting multiple organizations in the energy sector.
