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October (6)

security: The importance of hardening customer support tools against cyberattacks

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-15

Microsoft Security Blog warns that customer support tools, now more connected and data-rich, are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks. Hardening these systems is essential to safeguard customer trust, protect sensitive data, and maintain business continuity.

security: Microsoft raises the bar: A smarter way to measure AI for cybersecurity

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-14

Microsoft introduced ExCyTIn-Bench, an open-source benchmarking tool that evaluates how effectively AI systems perform real-world cybersecurity investigations, aiming to standardize measurement and improve AI-driven defensive capabilities.

security: Building a lasting security culture at Microsoft

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-13

Microsoft frames building a lasting security culture as a strategic priority and a call to action: security is people-centered, every employee has a role, and embedding secure practices into how people think, work, and collaborate creates a unified, proactive, and resilient defense for Microsoft and its customers.

security: Investigating targeted “payroll pirate” attacks affecting US universities

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-09

Microsoft Threat Intelligence reports a financially motivated actor tracked as Storm-2657 conducting "payroll pirate" attacks against US universities by compromising employee accounts, accessing employee profiles, and diverting salary payments to attacker-controlled accounts.

security: Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-06

Microsoft’s Incident Response team works effectively amid the disorder caused by fast-moving threat actors, treating compromised environments, missing data, and shaken confidence as the starting point for investigations, as described in the Microsoft Security Blog post "Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence: Calm in the chaos."

security: Microsoft named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for XDR

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-10-02

Microsoft was named a Leader in IDC’s inaugural Worldwide Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Software MarketScape for 2025, recognized for its deep integration, intelligent automation, and unified security operations solutions, as reported on the Microsoft Security Blog.

September (2)

security: AI vs. AI: Detecting an AI-obfuscated phishing campaign

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-09-24

Microsoft Threat Intelligence detected and blocked a credential-phishing campaign that likely used AI-generated code to obfuscate its payload and evade traditional defenses, highlighting a trend of attackers leveraging AI and the need for defenders to anticipate and adapt to AI-driven threats.

security: Microsoft Defender delivered 242% return on investment over three years​​

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-09-18

A 2025 Forrester Consulting TEI study found Microsoft Defender delivered a 242% ROI over three years, produced $17.8 million in benefits, and paid for itself in under six months by helping organizations consolidate security tools and improve SecOps efficiency with AI and automation.

August (1)

security: Microsoft ranked number one in modern endpoint security market share third year in a row

Microsoft Security Blog

2025-08-27

Microsoft was ranked number one in the modern endpoint security market share for the third consecutive year, according to a new IDC report, as announced on the Microsoft Security Blog.