The busier security teams get, the harder it can be to understand the full impact of false positives, queue clutter, tool fragmentation, and more. But what is clear—it all adds up to increased fatigue and an increased potential to miss the cyberthreats that matter most. To help security[…]

Microsoft Incident Response – Detection and Response Team (DART) researchers uncovered a new backdoor that is notable for its novel use of the OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) as a mechanism for command-and-control (C2) communications. Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this[…]

Generative AI is reshaping the way security teams operate—accelerating threat detection, automating workflows, and enabling scale. But as defenders embrace AI to strengthen their posture, cyberattackers are doing the same to evolve faster than traditional defenses can adapt. Microsoft’s 2025 Digital Threats Report revealed that cyberattackers like Russia,[…]

Generative AI is reshaping the way security teams operate—accelerating threat detection, automating workflows, and enabling scale. But as defenders embrace AI to strengthen their posture, cyberattackers are doing the same to evolve faster than traditional defenses can adapt. Microsoft’s 2025 Digital Threats Report revealed that cyberattackers like Russia,[…]

In today’s digital-first enterprise, identities have become the new corporate security perimeter. Hybrid work and cloud-first strategies have dissolved traditional network boundaries and dramatically increased the complexity of identity fabrics. Security teams are left managing a constellation of users, infrastructure, and tools scattered across hybrid environments or even[…]

The latest Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 paints a vivid picture of a cyberthreat landscape in flux. The surge in financially motivated cyberattacks and the persistent risk of nation-state actors demand urgent attention. But for those of us in the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO),[…]

On September 30, 2025, Microsoft announced a bold new vision for security: a unified, AI-powered platform designed to help organizations defend against today’s most sophisticated cyberthreats. But an equally important story—one that’s just beginning to unfold—is how the Microsoft Security Store is bringing this vision to life through[…]

Azure Blob Storage, like any object data service, is a high-value target for threat actors due to its critical role in storing and managing massive amounts of unstructured data at scale across diverse workloads. Organizations of all sizes use Blob Storage to support key workloads—such as AI, high[…]

Azure Blob Storage, like any object data service, is a high-value target for threat actors due to its critical role in storing and managing massive amounts of unstructured data at scale across diverse workloads. Organizations of all sizes use Blob Storage to support key workloads—such as AI, high[…]

We’re honored to share that Microsoft has again been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM).1 We believe this recognition reinforces Microsoft Sentinel‘s position as an industry-leading, cloud and AI-powered SIEM—designed to solve SOC challenges head-on and streamline[…]