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Discover how Microsoft enables fast, secure AI development with MDASH and new security capabilities. -
Malicious npm packages abuse dependency confusion to profile developer environments
A dependency confusion campaign leveraged 33 malicious npm packages to collect reconnaissance data from developer and build environments. -
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection. -
Typosquatted npm packages used to steal cloud and CI/CD secrets
The Mini Shai-Hulud campaign used malicious npm packages to target cloud and CI/CD credentials across developer environments. -
The Gentlemen ransomware: Dissecting a self-propagating Go encryptor
Microsoft Threat Intelligence presents a comprehensive analysis of The Gentlemen, a Go-based ransomware deployed by affiliates of Storm-2697 that combines per-file ephemeral key encryption with an aggressive self-propagation module to deploy itself across an entire network using series of simultaneous lateral movement techniques per target. -
From poisoned search results to GPU mining: A cryptojacking campaign abusing ScreenConnect and Microsoft .NET utilities
Microsoft exposes a cryptojacking campaign using SEO poisoning and ScreenConnect to target high-performance PCs, with malicious sites also surfaced through AI chatbots. -
Microsoft Security success stories: How St. Luke’s and ManpowerGroup are securing AI foundations
How Frontier firms secure AI at scale: read how Microsoft customers embed governance, identity, and cloud security to make protection an enabler of AI growth. -
What’s new in Microsoft Security: May 2026
Microsoft Security’s latest updates extend visibility, control, and protection across expanding ecosystems as organizations accelerate AI adoption. -
Mini Shai Hulud: Compromised @antv npm packages enable CI/CD credential theft
Compromised @antv npm packages deploy the Mini Shai-Hulud payload to steal CI/CD secrets from Linux-based automation environments. -
Securing the gaming culture of cultures
Read about the unique challenges and rewards of securing gaming platforms and how to better protect gaming communities. -
Exposing Fox Tempest: A malware-signing service operation
Fox Tempest is a financially motivated threat actor operating a malware‑signing‑as‑a‑service (MSaaS) used by other cybercriminals, including Vanilla Tempest and Storm groups, to more effectively distribute malicious code, including ransomware.