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security: Case study: Securing AI application supply chains

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-01-30

The article argues that securing AI-powered applications requires a holistic supply-chain approach beyond protecting prompts, including monitoring frameworks, SDKs, and orchestration layers, plus enforcing strong runtime controls so security teams can detect, respond to, and remediate risks before exploitation.

azure: Retirement: "Send data to Event Hubs & Storage (Preview)" retiring July 31, 2026

Azure Updates

2026-01-30

Microsoft will retire the preview feature “Send virtual machine client data to Event Hubs and Storage (Preview)” on July 31, 2026. After that date the feature will no longer be supported and you will not be able to create new data collection rules that use it.

k8s: New Conversion from cgroup v1 CPU Shares to v2 CPU Weight

Kubernetes Official Blog

2026-01-30

An improved, non-linear conversion from cgroup v1 CPU shares to cgroup v2 CPU weight replaces the previous linear formula to restore intended priority relationships and improve granularity for small CPU requests. The change is implemented in OCI runtimes (runc >=1.3.2, crun >=1.23) and may require updates to tooling that assumed the old mapping.

github: Docker and Docker Compose version upgrades on hosted runners

GitHub

2026-01-30

On February 9, 2026, GitHub will upgrade Docker and Docker Compose on all Windows and Ubuntu hosted runner images except ubuntu-slim, allowing workflows to use the latest Docker releases. Users should test workflows and pin or adjust tooling if they depend on previous Docker behavior.

github: Codespaces is now in public preview for GitHub Enterprise with data residency

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub Codespaces is now in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency, enabling secure, configurable, instantly available cloud development environments while helping organizations meet strict compliance requirements.

github: CodeQL 2.24.0 adds Swift 6.2 and .NET 10 support, and improves file handling for minified JavaScript

GitHub

2026-01-29

CodeQL 2.24.0 is a new release of the static analysis engine used by GitHub code scanning. This update adds support for Swift 6.2, compatibility with .NET 10, and improves file handling for minified JavaScript to help detection and analysis of issues in those languages.

security: Turning threat reports into detection insights with AI

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-01-29

The Microsoft Security Blog describes an AI-assisted workflow that converts lengthy incident reports and threat writeups into actionable detections by automatically extracting TTPs, mapping them to existing detection coverage, and flagging gaps — completing in minutes instead of days while preserving human expert review.

github: Copilot metrics in GitHub Enterprise Cloud with data residency in public preview

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub announced that Copilot metrics — including usage data, code generation dashboards, and a metrics API — are available in public preview for GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with data residency, enabling organizations to store and query Copilot metrics according to regional compliance requirements.

github: GitHub Actions: Smarter editing, clearer debugging, and a new case function

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub released several updates to GitHub Actions that make it easier to write, validate, and troubleshoot workflow logic — especially workflows that use if: conditionals — by offering smarter editing, clearer debugging, and a new case function.

security: New Microsoft Data Security Index report explores secure AI adoption to protect sensitive data

Microsoft Security Blog

2026-01-29

The 2026 Microsoft Data Security Index examines how organizations can harness generative AI while protecting sensitive data, providing insights on secure AI adoption, governance, controls, and risk mitigation.

github: arm64 standard runners are now available in private repositories

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub now offers Linux and Windows arm64 standard GitHub-hosted runners for private repositories, available on the free tier so you can run arm64 CI workflows across all repositories.

github: Closing down notice of legacy Copilot metrics APIs

GitHub

2026-01-29

GitHub is closing down three legacy Copilot metrics APIs as it transitions to newer, more comprehensive usage metrics endpoints. Support for the legacy APIs will be limited, and users should plan to migrate to the updated endpoints.