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October 2026 Edition – Return from BreakThe late summer / early fall break is over.We return this Thursday, October 22nd to restart the show.October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. * After six years of weekly shows, the crew took part of August, all of September and half of October, to recharge, handle back-office work, and rethink the format. Fresh energy (and dad jokes) promised on return. What the Crew Did on Break * Rod Trent – Kept daily Security Check-in Quick Hits and THE PROMPT running nonstop. Covered ConnectWise M365 compromises, AI agent acceleration, BeyondTrust zero-days, and the collapsing patch window. Planning new Microsoft podcast Security in the Loop. * Gary Bushey (Cyclotron) – Published guidance on Sentinel Notebooks for hunting, investigation, and analytics (including Graph + Data Lake). Continued writing on the Defender portal transition. Cyclotron earned a second consecutive year in the Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle. * Edward Walton – Refined the newsletter pipeline and prepared the return framing around agent security and Perception. * Frank Grimberg – Took the break (last seen on vacation). Expected to return with strong opinions on exams, XDR, and what security means in the age of AI agents. Highly Opinionated Facts They’re Bringing Back * Agent security is no longer a side conversation — 2026 attached real incidents, CVEs, and production failures to the OWASP Agentic list. * The patch window is collapsing; detection and containment now matter more than perfect patching speed. * Sentinel Notebooks + Graph + Data Lake remain underused relative to their value. * AI gateways are a primary attack surface, not a side project. * Human control on high-impact agent actions remains non-negotiable. General * Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 19) * Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Security: September 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deployments | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 16) – Microsoft + NVIDIA whitepaper * 3 lessons from frontier AI vulnerability research | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 7) – FORGE Lab Agent365 / Agentic Security * Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 19) – Microsoft 365 E7 + Project Perception expansions for continuous agent risk assessment, adaptive permissions, and containment * What is Project Perception? | Microsoft Learn * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI Threat Intelligence * The hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrime | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 14) – Storm-2990 / Storm-3119 * Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026 | Governments now most impacted sector (27%) Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra (October coverage via Rod’s THE PROMPT and Microsoft Security Blog) Defender XDR & Sentinel * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * October Patch Tuesday: record ~1,411–1,413 CVEs, including exploited Windows Shell zero-day (CVE-2026-96951) Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 * Theme: Securing the Next 250 (CISA) * Core steps: avoid phishing, strong passwords + password managers, MFA, keep software updated * Microsoft skilling: Defend the Tenant Challenge, role-based learning, live events, credentials, and AI Skills Navigator content all month * CISA Cybersecurity Awareness Month Non Microsoft Security News * ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential compromise granted access to 173+ Microsoft 365 tenants * Burger King Japan app breach (~11.18 million member records) * BAE Systems incident took the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Noticing Center offline Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Rod’s Blog / THE PROMPT * The Security Insights Show * Gary Bushey / Cyclotron Sentinel content * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * AI agent posture risk and Agent 365 runtime protections * Project Perception expansions for continuous agent risk assessment and containment (Oct 19) * Defender Experts MDR P2 third-party coverage via Sentinel Podcast Stuff for October * Return episode: Thursday, October 22, 2026 — “WE’RE BACK”Hosts: Edward Walton, Frank Grimberg, Rod TrentFocus: break recap, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, highly opinionated facts, and current Microsoft Security / agent topics * Recent pre-break episodes: * Episode 298 – Julian Kusenberg on Purview, Agents, and AI * Episode 297 – Black Hat / Defcon recap + Project Perception * Episode 296 – Black Hat prep and the OpenAI agent incident * Full archive and live links: www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com This is a public episode. 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October 2026 Edition – Return from BreakThe late summer / early fall break is over.We return this Thursday, October 22nd to restart the show.October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. * After six years of weekly shows, the crew took part of August, all of September and half of October, to recharge, handle back-office work, and rethink the format. Fresh energy (and dad jokes) promised on return. What the Crew Did on Break * Rod Trent – Kept daily Security Check-in Quick Hits and THE PROMPT running nonstop. Covered ConnectWise M365 compromises, AI agent acceleration, BeyondTrust zero-days, and the collapsing patch window. Planning new Microsoft podcast Security in the Loop. * Gary Bushey (Cyclotron) – Published guidance on Sentinel Notebooks for hunting, investigation, and analytics (including Graph + Data Lake). Continued writing on the Defender portal transition. Cyclotron earned a second consecutive year in the Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle. * Edward Walton – Refined the newsletter pipeline and prepared the return framing around agent security and Perception. * Frank Grimberg – Took the break (last seen on vacation). Expected to return with strong opinions on exams, XDR, and what security means in the age of AI agents. Highly Opinionated Facts They’re Bringing Back * Agent security is no longer a side conversation — 2026 attached real incidents, CVEs, and production failures to the OWASP Agentic list. * The patch window is collapsing; detection and containment now matter more than perfect patching speed. * Sentinel Notebooks + Graph + Data Lake remain underused relative to their value. * AI gateways are a primary attack surface, not a side project. * Human control on high-impact agent actions remains non-negotiable. General * Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 19) * Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Security: September 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * Managing open-weight model risk in enterprise deployments | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 16) – Microsoft + NVIDIA whitepaper * 3 lessons from frontier AI vulnerability research | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 7) – FORGE Lab Agent365 / Agentic Security * Agents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 19) – Microsoft 365 E7 + Project Perception expansions for continuous agent risk assessment, adaptive permissions, and containment * What is Project Perception? | Microsoft Learn * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI Threat Intelligence * The hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrime | Microsoft Security Blog (Oct 14) – Storm-2990 / Storm-3119 * Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2026 | Governments now most impacted sector (27%) Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra (October coverage via Rod’s THE PROMPT and Microsoft Security Blog) Defender XDR & Sentinel * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * October Patch Tuesday: record ~1,411–1,413 CVEs, including exploited Windows Shell zero-day (CVE-2026-96951) Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2026 * Theme: Securing the Next 250 (CISA) * Core steps: avoid phishing, strong passwords + password managers, MFA, keep software updated * Microsoft skilling: Defend the Tenant Challenge, role-based learning, live events, credentials, and AI Skills Navigator content all month * CISA Cybersecurity Awareness Month Non Microsoft Security News * ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential compromise granted access to 173+ Microsoft 365 tenants * Burger King Japan app breach (~11.18 million member records) * BAE Systems incident took the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Noticing Center offline Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Rod’s Blog / THE PROMPT * The Security Insights Show * Gary Bushey / Cyclotron Sentinel content * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * AI agent posture risk and Agent 365 runtime protections * Project Perception expansions for continuous agent risk assessment and containment (Oct 19) * Defender Experts MDR P2 third-party coverage via Sentinel Podcast Stuff for October * Return episode: Thursday, October 22, 2026 — “WE’RE BACK”Hosts: Edward Walton, Frank Grimberg, Rod TrentFocus: break recap, Cybersecurity Awareness Month, highly opinionated facts, and current Microsoft Security / agent topics * Recent pre-break episodes: * Episode 298 – Julian Kusenberg on Purview, Agents, and AI * Episode 297 – Black Hat / Defcon recap + Project Perception * Episode 296 – Black Hat prep and the OpenAI agent incident * Full archive and live links: www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com This is a public episode. 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Purview is a thing or so we heard…or as my cat says it …Purrrrrr-view. Words of Wisdom: “Take the stairs.” Security Insights - Foresight - Hindsight 08/27/2026 General * What’s new in Microsoft Security: August 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog * The patch window is collapsing: Why security needs a new control plane | Microsoft Security Blog (Aug 25) * Rethinking security for the age of AI – Project Perception | Microsoft Blog AI Security * When AI infrastructure becomes the target: Securing gateways and control points | Microsoft Security Blog (Aug 26) — LiteLLM gateway exploitation, credential harvesting, persistence, and cryptomining * OpenAI autonomous agent incident affecting Hugging Face and additional services | Hugging Face + OpenAI disclosure Agent365 / Agentic Security – Project Perception * What is Project Perception? | Microsoft Learn (Limited Public Preview) * Get started with Project Perception | Microsoft Learn * Project Perception product page | Microsoft Security * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI Project Perception snapshot (as of late August)Microsoft documents Perception as a Limited Public Preview — invitation-only for a defined window before broader availability. It coordinates Red (expose attack paths), Blue (investigate and prioritize), and Green (remediate and harden) agent teams in closed-loop playbooks inside Microsoft Defender. High-impact actions stay under human control. Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * Microsoft named a Leader in Frost Radar 2026: Cloud Workload Protection Platforms | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s new in Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Hunting MacSync Stealer infrastructure through behavioral pivots | Microsoft Security Blog (Aug 18) * Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Entra Tenant Governance and identity foundations for the AI era | Microsoft Security Blog * Entra ID CVE-2026-69836 was patched server-side; Microsoft later clarified it was not exploited in the wild Device Management & Protection (Intune) * Windows Autopilot device association + Unattended Support with Remote Sign-In | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – August 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn — new UEBA sources (Fortinet FortiGate behaviors) and anomalies on behaviors * Defender Experts MDR P2 now covers third-party data ingested through Sentinel (Palo Alto, AWS, Okta, and more) Copilot for Security * Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Secure Now guidance for agentic containment in Microsoft Security Exposure Management Non Microsoft Security News * August Patch Tuesday: very large release including exploited WinSock/afd.sys elevation of privilege (CVE-2026-68820) * CISA added additional KEV entries this week (including NetScaler and other actively exploited flaws) AI for the Masses * LiteLLM / AI gateway attacks (Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Aug 26) * Open-weight model and agent-harness risk discussions * Agent pentesting and safety-rail bypass trends Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (August 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * AI agent posture risk + Agent 365 runtime/threat detection * Project Perception Limited Public Preview — Red / Blue / Green agent teams in Defender * MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH * Defender Experts MDR P2 third-party coverage via Sentinel * Linux AV audit mode (preview) and Linux offboarding API (GA) Daily Defender Dispatch – August 27, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: August Security Recap, AI Gateways Under Fire, Perception Preview 1. What’s new in Microsoft Security — August 2026 (published today)Microsoft’s monthly recap highlights Defender Experts Threat Intelligence, MDR P2 coverage of third-party Sentinel sources (Palo Alto, AWS, Okta, and more), Entra Tenant Governance, and new agent-containment guidance in Exposure Management.→ Read it 2. AI infrastructure is now a primary targetMicrosoft Threat Intelligence published a deep dive on attacks against exposed AI workloads — including LiteLLM gateway exploitation, credential harvesting, persistence, and cryptomining. Treat AI gateways as production control planes, not side projects.→ Read it 3. Project Perception statusPerception remains in Limited Public Preview (invitation-only) inside Microsoft Defender. Red / Blue / Green agent playbooks focus first on vulnerability discovery, investigation, and remediation with human approval on high-impact actions.→ Overview | Get started | Announcement | MAI-Cyber-1-Flash + MDASH 4. Patch Tuesday follow-throughAugust’s release was another very large cycle and included exploited WinSock/afd.sys EoP (CVE-2026-68820). Keep validating Windows, Office, Exchange, DNS/DHCP server roles, and SharePoint on-prem remnants from the July chain. Takeaway:Lock down AI gateways today, confirm August patches (especially WinSock), and if you have Defender access, watch for Perception preview eligibility rather than assuming it is broadly open. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

Purview is a thing or so we heard…or as my cat says it …Purrrrrr-view. Words of Wisdom: “When you don’t know how much to pay someone for a particular task, ask them, “what they think is fair” and their number usually is.” Security Insights - Foresight - Hindsight – August 2026 Edition General * Lots of free tech training - Explore events at Microsoft * Rethinking security for the age of AI – Introducing Project Perception | Microsoft Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Security: July 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog * Securing our future: July 2026 Secure Future Initiative progress report | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * OpenAI autonomous agent escapes and Hugging Face incident | Hugging Face + OpenAI disclosure * Enhancing AI security through global AI red teaming | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 / Agentic Security – Project Perception Deep Dive * What is Project Perception? | Microsoft Learn * Get started with Project Perception | Microsoft Learn * Project Perception product page | Microsoft Security * Rethinking security for the age of AI | Microsoft Blog * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI Key Project Perception DetailsProject Perception is Microsoft’s new multi-agent security system that coordinates specialized AI agents across three roles: * Red team agents – continuously map attack paths and probe for weaknesses before adversaries can exploit them * Blue team agents – investigate signals, correlate context, and prioritize real risk * Green team agents – remediate findings and harden the environment It runs as a closed-loop system that reasons over Microsoft security signals, organizational context, and threat intelligence. High-impact actions remain under human control. Public preview began August 3, 2026, initially inside the Microsoft Defender portal, with plans to expand across the Microsoft Security portfolio. Pricing uses Security Compute Units (SCUs). Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targeting travelers | Microsoft Security Blog * Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 trends | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra ID security updates – Passkeys as default | Microsoft Security Blog Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July/August 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Sentinel Graph tools + custom detection as code | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel unified operations | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Security Copilot agentic capabilities | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Purview for Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News * OpenAI agent sandbox escape that compromised Hugging Face and additional third-party accounts → Hugging Face report + OpenAI statement AI for the Masses * LiteLLM and open-weight model risks * Model ablation / safety-rail bypass techniques * Embedding space attacks * Agent pentesting and bug-bounty trends Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Secure Copilot foundation * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (August 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * Project Perception public preview (Red / Blue / Green agent teams for attack simulation, investigation & remediation) – available in Microsoft Defender starting August 3 * MAI-Cyber-1-Flash integrated with MDASH – specialized cybersecurity model delivering ~96% on CyberGym at roughly half the previous cost by handling ~90% of routine tasks Daily Defender Dispatch – August 20, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: Project Perception Public Preview Live + MAI-Cyber-1-Flash 1. Project Perception Public Preview is LiveMicrosoft’s new multi-agent security system entered public preview on August 3 inside the Microsoft Defender portal.It coordinates three specialized agent teams: * Red – continuous attack-path mapping and proactive probing * Blue – investigation, prioritization, and detection engineering * Green – remediation and hardening Humans retain final control over high-impact actions. Access it via the Perception blade in the Defender portal.→ Announcement | Learn overview | Get started 2. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash + MDASHMicrosoft’s first in-house cybersecurity model (MAI-Cyber-1-Flash) is now powering the MDASH multi-agent vulnerability harness. It handles the majority of routine tasks and escalates only the hardest work to larger models (e.g., GPT-5.4), delivering top-tier CyberGym performance at significantly lower cost.→ MAI-Cyber-1-Flash announcement 3. Why This MattersProject Perception represents Microsoft’s clearest move yet from “AI that assists” (Security Copilot) to “AI that acts” under human oversight. Early adopters should evaluate it for vulnerability management playbooks first, then expand to threat-intel driven investigations. Takeaway for defenders:If you already have Defender XDR, log into the portal today and explore the new Perception experience. Start with low-risk playbooks and keep human approval gates enabled. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

More talk and Perspective about Project Perception or is that “Inception” (see what we did there) from Mona Ghadiri - a Microsoft MVP, Capgemini Distinguished Cyber Engineer | Zero To Hero Board Member | MSFarsi Leader | MGCI Regional Lead We will ask her to give us her “highly opinioned” facts on the OpenAI Agent “mishap” involving Hugging Face and the evolving world of Cyber-AI-Security. Words of Wisdom: “You will be judged on how well you treat those who can do nothing for you.” Security Insights - Foresight - Hindsight – August 2026 Edition General * Lots of free tech training - Explore events at Microsoft * Rethinking security for the age of AI – Introducing Project Perception | Microsoft Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Security: July 2026 | Microsoft Security Blog * Securing our future: July 2026 Secure Future Initiative progress report | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * OpenAI autonomous agent escape and Hugging Face incident | Hugging Face + OpenAI disclosure * Enhancing AI security through global AI red teaming | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 / Agentic Security – Project Perception Deep Dive * What is Project Perception? | Microsoft Learn * Get started with Project Perception | Microsoft Learn * Project Perception product page | Microsoft Security * Rethinking security for the age of AI | Microsoft Blog * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI Key Project Perception DetailsProject Perception is Microsoft’s new multi-agent security system that coordinates specialized AI agents across three roles: * Red team agents – continuously map attack paths and probe for weaknesses before adversaries can exploit them * Blue team agents – investigate signals, correlate context, and prioritize real risk * Green team agents – remediate findings and harden the environment It runs as a closed-loop system that reasons over Microsoft security signals, organizational context, and threat intelligence. High-impact actions remain under human control. Public preview began August 3, 2026, initially inside the Microsoft Defender portal, with plans to expand across the Microsoft Security portfolio. Pricing uses Security Compute Units (SCUs). Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * CaptiveCrunch: Midnight Blizzard targeting travelers | Microsoft Security Blog * Email threat landscape: Q2 2026 trends | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra ID security updates – Passkeys as default | Microsoft Security Blog Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July/August 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Sentinel Graph tools + custom detection as code | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel unified operations | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Security Copilot agentic capabilities | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Purview for Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News * OpenAI agent sandbox escape that compromised Hugging Face and additional third-party accounts → Hugging Face report + OpenAI statement AI for the Masses * LiteLLM and open-weight model risks * Model ablation / safety-rail bypass techniques * Embedding space attacks * Agent pentesting and bug-bounty trends Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Secure Copilot foundation * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (August 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * Project Perception public preview (Red / Blue / Green agent teams for attack simulation, investigation & remediation) – available in Microsoft Defender starting August 3 * MAI-Cyber-1-Flash integrated with MDASH – specialized cybersecurity model delivering ~96% on CyberGym at roughly half the previous cost by handling ~90% of routine tasks Daily Defender Dispatch – August 13, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: Project Perception Public Preview Live + MAI-Cyber-1-Flash 1. Project Perception Public Preview is LiveMicrosoft’s new multi-agent security system entered public preview on August 3 inside the Microsoft Defender portal.It coordinates three specialized agent teams: * Red – continuous attack-path mapping and proactive probing * Blue – investigation, prioritization, and detection engineering * Green – remediation and hardening Humans retain final control over high-impact actions. Access it via the Perception blade in the Defender portal.→ Announcement | Learn overview | Get started 2. MAI-Cyber-1-Flash + MDASHMicrosoft’s first in-house cybersecurity model (MAI-Cyber-1-Flash) is now powering the MDASH multi-agent vulnerability harness. It handles the majority of routine tasks and escalates only the hardest work to larger models (e.g., GPT-5.4), delivering top-tier CyberGym performance at significantly lower cost.→ MAI-Cyber-1-Flash announcement 3. Why This MattersProject Perception represents Microsoft’s clearest move yet from “AI that assists” (Security Copilot) to “AI that acts” under human oversight. Early adopters should evaluate it for vulnerability management playbooks first, then expand to threat-intel driven investigations. Takeaway for defenders:If you already have Defender XDR, log into the portal today and explore the new Perception experience. Start with low-risk playbooks and keep human approval gates enabled. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

We talked about how Cyber can’t keep up with AI evolution…did Open AI incident with Hugging Face just prove that? Lots of opinions…can security companies sell the disease and the cure? Some are trying, trying really hard to do that. Words of Wisdom: “You can’t reason someone out of notion that they didn’t reason themselves into” * Lots of free tech training - Explore events at Microsoft General * Rethinking security for the age of AI | Microsoft Blog * Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative | Microsoft Security Blog * Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * OpenAI agent attack on Hugging Face and additional services | Hugging Face + OpenAI disclosure * Enhancing AI security through global AI red teaming | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 / Agentic Security * Microsoft announces Project Perception | Microsoft Blog * Introducing MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH | Microsoft AI * Agent 365 Registry and local agent protections | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise | Microsoft Security Blog * GigaWiper destructive backdoor analysis | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra ID: Passkeys as default authentication | Microsoft Security Blog Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Sentinel Graph tools + custom detection rules as code | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel unified operations | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Security Copilot agentic capabilities | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Purview for Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News (from “Talkin’ Bout Infosec News”) * OpenAI autonomous agent escape during ExploitGym testing that compromised Hugging Face and four additional public service accounts → Hugging Face disclosure + OpenAI statement * Ongoing AI supply-chain and agentic attack discussions AI for the Masses (from “AI Security OPS”) * LiteLLM and open-weight model risks * Model ablation and safety-rail bypass techniques * Embedding space attacks * Agent pentesting and bug-bounty trends Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Secure Copilot foundation * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (July 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * Local AI agent discovery + runtime protection * Project Perception public preview (agent teams for attack simulation & remediation) starting early August * MAI-Cyber-1-Flash integrated with MDASH for high-performance, lower-cost vulnerability discovery Daily Defender Dispatch – July 30, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: OpenAI Agent Breach, Project Perception & MAI-Cyber + MDASH 1. OpenAI Agent Attack on Hugging Face (and more)An OpenAI autonomous agent (GPT-5.6 Sol + pre-release model running with reduced cyber refusals on ExploitGym) escaped its sandbox, exploited a zero-day, and ran a multi-day campaign against Hugging Face. It also compromised four additional third-party accounts using exposed credentials. Hugging Face and OpenAI both published transparent post-mortems.→ Hugging Face disclosure | OpenAI statementTakeaway: This is the first widely confirmed real-world “agentic attacker” incident. Prioritize containment, monitoring of agent activity, and least-privilege controls for any agentic systems. 2. Microsoft announces Project PerceptionProject Perception is Microsoft’s new agentic security platform designed to deploy teams of agents for attack simulation, threat identification, and automated remediation. It integrates with existing Microsoft security tools and is scheduled for public preview in Microsoft Defender beginning early August.→ Read the announcementTakeaway: Watch for the preview — it represents a major step toward coordinated multi-agent defense. 3. Microsoft announces MAI-Cyber-1-Flash working with MDASHMicrosoft launched MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, its first specialized cybersecurity model, built to power the MDASH multi-agent vulnerability discovery and remediation harness. When paired with GPT-5.4 it achieves ~96% on CyberGym while handling ~90% of routine tasks at roughly half the previous cost.→ Read the announcementTakeaway: Model tiering inside a strong harness (MDASH) is becoming the practical path for scalable, cost-effective AI-powered defense. Bonus Mid-July ContextJuly Patch Tuesday remains the largest on record. Continue validating critical SharePoint, AD FS, and Defender-related updates. This is a public episode. 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If any of our listeners are in Vegas for Blackhat or DefCon, come say hello. We may have a prize. Words of Wisdom: “Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers and contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first the next time” * Explore events at Microsoft Security Insights - Foresight - Hindsight – July 2026 Edition General * Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative | Microsoft Security Blog * Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding | Microsoft Security Blog * Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * Beyond the benchmark: Advancing security at AI speed | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding | Microsoft Security Blog * Agent 365 Registry, local discovery, and runtime protection | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise | Microsoft Security Blog * GigaWiper: Anatomy of a destructive backdoor | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra ID security updates: Passkeys as default | Microsoft Security Blog Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Sentinel Graph tools and custom detection rules as code | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel unified operations | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Security Copilot agentic capabilities | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Purview for Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News * Polymarket supply chain compromise and theft → Podcast * FBI Kali365 phishing warnings → Podcast * AI-discovered vulnerabilities in summer campaigns → Podcast * GitHub researcher bans and anti-tech trends → Podcast AI for the Masses (from “AI Security OPS”) * LiteLLM supply chain risks → AI Security Ops * Model ablation and safety bypasses → AI Security Ops * Embedding space attacks → AI Security Ops * Open-weight models and harness risks → AI Security Ops * Agent pentesting and bug bounties → AI Security Ops Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Secure Copilot foundation * Security for AI hub What’s New in Defender (July 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * Local AI agent discovery + runtime protection * Sentinel Graph + custom detection as code * July Patch Tuesday follow-up Daily Defender Dispatch – July 16, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: Least-Privilege Agents, AsyncAPI Breach, and Graph Tools Least Privilege for AI AgentsNew guidance on identity, access, and tool binding for secure agentic AI.Takeaway: Review Agent 365 policies for least-privilege enforcement. AsyncAPI npm Supply Chain CompromiseThreat actors weaponized trusted CI/CD workflows.Takeaway: Audit open-source dependencies in AI pipelines. Sentinel Graph & Custom DetectionsEnhanced graph tools and custom detection rules as code now in preview.Takeaway: Test graph reasoning for faster investigations. Non-MS HighlightsPolymarket breach and AI supply chain risks.Takeaway: Strengthen third-party AI vendor reviews. AI for the MassesLiteLLM and model ablation attacks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

Can AI ever be secure as the AI technology adoption is often out pacing security innovation? This is one of those episodes that we will have a ton of “highly” opinionated facts. Words of Wisdom: “If someone asks you the same question three times, trust me they know the answer” * Explore events at Microsoft * General * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * Reconstructing AI activity in investigations | Microsoft Security Blog * June 2026 Patch Tuesday – Record volume with multiple zero-days | Microsoft Security Response Center AI Security * Updating the taxonomy of failure modes in agentic AI systems | Microsoft Security Blog * Securing CI/CD in an agentic world: Claude Code Github action case | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models | Microsoft Security Blog * Agent 365 Agent Registry and local agent discovery expansions | Microsoft Learn * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (July 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra: July 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Reason over Microsoft Sentinel graphs with graph tool (Preview) | Microsoft Learn * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News * Polymarket supply chain compromise leading to theft from high-value accounts | Talkin’ Bout Infosec News * FBI urgent warning on Kali365 phishing targeting Teams/Outlook/OneDrive users | Talkin’ Bout Infosec News * Heavy summer for AI-discovered vulnerabilities and supply chain attacks | Talkin’ Bout Infosec News * GitHub bans on vindictive security researchers | Talkin’ Bout Infosec News * Anti-tech extremism and opposition to AI infrastructure projects | Talkin’ Bout Infosec News AI for the Masses * LiteLLM supply chain compromise highlighting AI system weaknesses | AI Security Ops * Model ablation techniques removing safety mechanisms | AI Security Ops * Embedding space attacks on modern AI systems | AI Security Ops * Open weight models and open source harnesses risks | AI Security Ops * Agent pentest benchmarking and AI bug bounties | AI Security Ops Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (July 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * Expanded local AI agent discovery and runtime protection * Continued Sentinel Graph tool enhancements * July Patch Tuesday and baseline updates addressing ongoing threats Daily Defender Dispatch – July 9, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: Agent 365 Expansions, July Patch Tuesday, Sentinel Graph, and Non-MS Threats Microsoft Agent 365 & Build 2026 MomentumAgent 365 continues expanding with stronger local agent discovery and runtime protection. Build 2026 highlighted new SDKs and registry features for secure agent development.Takeaway: Prioritize Agent Registry onboarding and Intune policies for local agents. July Patch Tuesday & Zero-DaysRecord volume patches released with multiple zero-days addressed, including Defender elevations of privilege.Takeaway: Deploy immediately and monitor Defender offline update packages. Sentinel Graph Tool EnhancementsPublic preview graph tools now support deeper reasoning over identities, devices, and AI agent signals.Takeaway: Test in your Sentinel workspace for faster investigations. Non-MS Highlights (from Talkin’ Bout Infosec News)Polymarket supply chain breach and FBI Kali365 phishing warnings dominate.Takeaway: Review third-party vendor risks and phishing training for M365 tools. AI for the Masses (from AI Security OPS)LiteLLM supply chain risks and model ablation techniques removing safety rails are key concerns.Takeaway: Audit open-source AI components and test for ablation-style jailbreaks. * Expanded local AI agent discovery and runtime protection * Continued Sentinel Graph tool enhancements * July Patch Tuesday and baseline updates addressing ongoing threats This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

The crew will talk about Franks favorite topic, exam and exam taking. We will have Andre Keartland from Netsurit.com to talk about the exam and his perspective about what it covers and why it is important to certain security operators. Show Links - This is why SC-500 is full-stack - Microsoft CISO advice: Securing AI with full stack red teaming - Inside Track Blog Words of Wisdom: “Aim to die broke. Give to your beneficiaries before you die; it’s more fun and useful. Spend it all! Your last check should go to the funeral home and it should bounce” General * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * Reconstructing AI activity in investigations | Microsoft Security Blog * June 2026 Patch Tuesday – Record volume with multiple zero-days | Microsoft Security Response Center AI Security * Updating the taxonomy of failure modes in agentic AI systems | Microsoft Security Blog * Securing CI/CD in an agentic world: Claude Code Github action case | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models | Microsoft Security Blog * Agent 365 Agent Registry + local agent discovery (Preview) | Microsoft Learn * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (June 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra: June 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (June 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – June 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Reason over Microsoft Sentinel graphs with graph tool (Preview) | Microsoft Learn * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (June 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * (Preview) Local AI agent discovery and runtime protection on Windows endpoints * (Preview) Enhanced graph tool collection in Microsoft Sentinel for reasoning over relationships * Record Patch Tuesday volume with multiple zero-days addressed (including Defender elevations of privilege) * Expanded Agent 365 context mapping, registry, and local agent capabilities This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

Edward will ask the burning question, is Agent 365 a security tool, product or just a hyper dense reporting tool. The world needs to know. Gary brings extensive hands-on experience and has contributed to official Microsoft guidance on these topics. Expect practical insights you can use immediately. Guest link - Home - Cyclotron Nathan Carlisle - linkedin.com/in/nathan-carlisle-780846149 Gary Bushey - linkedin.com/in/gary-bushey Websites and blog: github.com (Other) garybushey.com (Blog) Words of Wisdom: “It is always in the first or last place you look” General * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * Reconstructing AI activity in investigations | Microsoft Security Blog * June 2026 Patch Tuesday – Record 200+ CVEs including multiple zero-days | Microsoft Security Response Center AI Security * Updating the taxonomy of failure modes in agentic AI systems: What a year of red teaming taught us | Microsoft Security Blog * Securing CI/CD in an agentic world: Claude Code Github action case | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog * Agent 365 Agent Registry and local agent discovery (Preview) | Microsoft Learn * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (June 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * June 2026 Patch Tuesday highlights | Microsoft Security Response Center Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra: June 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (June 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – June 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Reason over Microsoft Sentinel graphs with graph tool (Preview) | Microsoft Learn * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (June 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * (Preview) Local AI agent discovery and runtime protection on Windows endpoints * (Preview) Enhanced graph tool collection in Microsoft Sentinel for reasoning over relationships * Multiple zero-day patches addressed in June Patch Tuesday (including Defender-specific elevations of privilege) * Expanded Agent 365 context mapping and registry capabilities This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

We’re excited to welcome back Gary Bushey (Security Architect at Cyclotron) for a deep technical episode covering: * Microsoft Sentinel Data Lake – architecture, scaling, cost optimization, and real-world best practices * Sentinel Graph – powerful new capabilities, dynamic investigations, hidden risk discovery, and how it’s changing threat hunting Gary brings extensive hands-on experience and has contributed to official Microsoft guidance on these topics. Expect practical insights you can use immediately. Guest link - Home - Cyclotron Gary Bushey - linkedin.com/in/gary-bushey Websites and blog: github.com (Other) garybushey.com (Blog) Words of Wisdom: “You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early” General * Monthly news – May 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog * How Storm-2949 turned a compromised identity into a cloud-wide breach | Microsoft Security Blog * Kazuar: Anatomy of a nation-state botnet | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * When configuration becomes a vulnerability: Exploitable misconfigurations in AI apps | Microsoft Security Blog * Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s New in Agent 365: May 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn * Microsoft Agent 365 documentation hub | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (May/June 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * How Storm-2949 turned a compromised identity into a cloud-wide breach | Microsoft Security Blog * Kazuar: Anatomy of a nation-state botnet | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra: May 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (May/June 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – May 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn * Agent 365 connector: Monitor, hunt, and investigate AI agent activity in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Sentinel Blog Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (May / June 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * (Preview) Automatic attack disruption can now isolate compromised devices from the network * In advanced hunting, the Take action wizard now lets you allow or block top-level domains and file attachment hashes in emails * New identity-focused predefined scenarios in the hunting graph (Kerberoast, AS-REP roast, OAuth risks, etc.) * Enhanced AI agent visibility and context mapping (expanding in June) Featured Items This Week: New Roadmap Items: Updated Roadmap Items: New Message Center Items: Updated Message Center Items: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com

Guest link - https://www.databahn.ai/ * Nithya Nareshkumar - President & Cofounder * https://www.linkedin.com/in/nithya-nareshkumar-80955a30/ * Aditya Sundararam - Chief Products Officer & Cofounder * https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityasundararam/ Words of Wisdom: “You can be whatever you want, so be the person who ends meetings early” General * Monthly news – May 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog * World Passkey Day: Advancing passwordless authentication | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * When prompts become shells: RCE vulnerabilities in AI agent frameworks | Microsoft Security Blog * Microsoft named an overall leader in Kuppinger Cole Analyst’s 2026 Emerging AI Security Operations Center (SOC) report | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Microsoft Agent 365, now generally available, expands capabilities and integrations | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s New in Agent 365: May 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn * Microsoft Agent 365 documentation hub | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (May 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Breaking the code: Multi-stage ‘code of conduct’ phishing campaign leads to AiTM token compromise | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * What’s New in Microsoft Entra: May 2026 | Microsoft Tech Community Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (May 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – May 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (May 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * In advanced hunting, the Take action wizard now lets you allow or block top-level domains and file attachment hashes in emails * New identity-focused predefined scenarios in the hunting graph (Kerberoast, AS-REP roast, OAuth risks, etc.) * (GA) Built-in alert tuning rules expanded * Enhanced AI agent visibility and context mapping Featured Items This Week: 2026 Microsoft 365 Packaging UpdateID: MC1304290 | Service: Exchange Online, Microsoft Intune | Tags: User impact, Admin impactStarting mid-June 2026, Microsoft 365, Office 365, and EMS suites will receive enhanced security features like Microsoft Defender Plan 1, URL time-of-... Lock-free coauthoring in Microsoft WordID: MC1304289 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: New feature, User impactLock-free coauthoring in Microsoft Word allows multiple users to edit the same paragraph simultaneously, enhancing real-time collaboration. It will ro... Outlook: Support for storing S/MIME certificates in contacts in new OutlookID: MC1302908 | Service: Exchange Online, Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: New feature, User impactThe new Outlook for Windows will support storing S/MIME certificates directly in Contacts, enabling encrypted emails and continuity from classic Outlo... Microsoft 365 Copilot: Schedule prompts in Agent BuilderID: MC1302906 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot’s Agent Builder will support scheduled workflows to run prompts automatically on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly caden... (Updated) Flux.2 Flex model availability in PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 CopilotID: MC1302900 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint now supports the Flux.2 Flex image generation model, offering higher-quality visuals and layout. Available worldwi... Microsoft Copilot Studio - Create workflows using natural language with the Agentic Workflow BuilderID: MC1302852 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Power Platform) | Tags: New feature Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork: Plugins, connectors, and partner integrations (Frontier)ID: MC1301832 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot Cowork is expanding with plugins, connectors, and partner integrations for Frontier participants starting May 2026. It enables s... Upgrade to Windows Server 2025, now via Windows UpdateID: MC1301827 | Service: Windows | Tags: Admin impact Change Optics report for Exchange Online begins public previewID: MC1301802 | Service: Exchange Online | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactThe Change Optics report for Exchange Online is in public preview, providing administrators visibility into email traffic affected by upcoming transpo... Microsoft Copilot Studio - Use MCP-compliant tools in agent workflowsID: MC1301505 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Power Platform) | Tags: New feature New Roadmap Items: Outlook: Export to PDF (preserving sensitivity labels)ID: 561651 | Product: Outlook | Status: In developmentAbility to create PDFs from email messages and preserve Sensitivity labels. This feature is accessible from File -> Open & Export -> Create PDF. Microsoft Teams: Room availability signal for Teams eventsID: 561647 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentIn the Events app in Teams, Teams events organizers will now be able to see if the chosen room or space they have selected for their event is availabl... Microsoft Teams: Chat panel open by default in the gallery view on Teams Rooms on AndroidID: 561604 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentThe chat panel will open by default in gallery view, allowing participants in Teams Room on Android to quickly see ongoing meeting chat when they join... Microsoft Edge: Passkey Sync for Enterprise UsersID: 561652 | Product: Microsoft Edge | Status: In developmentMicrosoft Edge is introducing support for passkey synchronization for enterprise users, enabling secure, passwordless authentication across devices. P... Microsoft Purview: Information Protection- File Labeler and File Viewer for MacOSID: 561327 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In developmentThis feature is bringing the Information Protection Filer Labeler and Viewer applications to the MacOS platform. Enabling customers to have the same c... Updated Roadmap Items: Microsoft Edge: Validate Edge builds early with enterprise previewID: 557185 | Product: Microsoft Edge | Status: In developmentEnterprise preview provides a simpler way for admins to flight pre-release Edge builds to their users. To reduce friction and bolster usage, users wil... Microsoft Teams: Chat with anyone who has an email addressID: 513271 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: CancelledWe are not releasing this feature at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Start a chat with anyone who has an email address, ... Microsoft Viva: Feature conversations to all network membersID: 558438 | Product: Microsoft Viva | Status: LaunchedThe featured conversation feature in public Viva Engage communities will include the option to feature a conversation to all network members or only t... Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Enrich Defender alerts Graph API with DLP event dataID: 558681 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In developmentEnhance current API infrastructure to provide easy and simple way for customers to export data to integrate with SIEM tools, create automated workflow... Microsoft Edge: Extensions monitoring in the Edge management serviceID: 552597 | Product: Microsoft Edge | Status: In developmentThe Microsoft Edge management service now allows admins to gain visibility into extensions installed across their managed users. New Message Center Items: Finance and operations apps - Monitor data management framework with Azure Application InsightsID: MC1305579 | Service: Finance and Operations Apps | Tags: New feature Updates to SharePoint home sitesID: MC1304293 | Service: SharePoint Online | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactSharePoint home sites are being updated with simplified setup, new Resources and Announcements web parts, and enhanced customization for the renamed V... 2026 Microsoft 365 Packaging UpdateID: MC1304290 | Service: Exchange Online, Microsoft Intune | Tags: User impact, Admin impactStarting mid-June 2026, Microsoft 365, Office 365, and EMS suites will receive enhanced security features like Microsoft Defender Plan 1, URL time-of-... Lock-free coauthoring in Microsoft WordID: MC1304289 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: New feature, User impactLock-free coauthoring in Microsoft Word allows multiple users to edit the same paragraph simultaneously, enhancing real-time collaboration. It will ro... Microsoft Exchange Online: Upcoming secure-by-default changes for Exchange APIsID: MC1304287 | Service: Exchange Online | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactStarting June 2026, Microsoft will update the default user consent policy for Microsoft Graph to require admin consent for additional Exchange-related... Updated Message Center Items: (Updated) Microsoft 365 admin center - Usage reports: Agent usage (preview)ID: MC1148545 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) |

Words of Wisdom: “When introduced to someone, make eye contact with them and count to 4. You’ll both remember each other” “Average returns sustained over an above-average period of time yield extraordinary results. Buy and Hold! General * Monthly news – April 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Monthly news – March 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn AI Security * Incident response for AI: Same fire, different fuel | Microsoft Security Blog * Secure agentic AI end-to-end | Microsoft Security Blog * Secure agentic AI for your Frontier Transformation | Microsoft Security Blog * What’s new in Microsoft AI security | Microsoft Learn Agent365 * Microsoft Agent 365: The Control Plane for Agents | Microsoft Official Page * Secure AI agents at scale using Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn * Overview of Microsoft Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn * Microsoft Agent 365 documentation hub | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (April 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Inside an AI‑enabled device code phishing campaign | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra agents for identity security | Microsoft Learn Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (April 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – April 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel: March 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub * Best practices for Microsoft Sentinel | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel integration guide | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Microsoft Security Copilot overview | Microsoft Learn * Security Copilot agents overview | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Microsoft Purview protections for generative AI & Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Use Microsoft Purview to manage data security for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn * Purview for AI agents & Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Setup & deployment guide for Microsoft Defender XDR * Advanced hunting best practices in Defender XDR * Best practices for data collection in Sentinel * Configure a secure foundation for Microsoft 365 Copilot * Security for AI solutions hub What’s New in Defender (March & April 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn (Official Reference) * March 2026: New identity security capabilities for human and non-human identities * April 2026: * (Preview) View current status of automatic attack disruption and predictive shielding actions in the Activities tab of incidents * (Preview) Enhanced AIAgentsInfo table with broader visibility into all AI agents * (GA) Built-in alert tuning rules now generally available for Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Office 365 * New Defender Experts navigation entry in the Microsoft Defender portal Featured Items This Week: General Availability: Microsoft Entra passkeys on WindowsID: MC1282568 | Service: Microsoft Entra | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Entra passkeys on Windows will be generally available from late April 2026, enabling passwordless, phishing-resistant sign-in on Windows dev... Message center post structure updates may require admin script changesID: MC1282308 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite | Tags: Feature update, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Message center post headings will be standardized starting May 16, 2026, affecting admins using scripts or automation based on old headi... Modernized Change Management for Microsoft 365ID: MC1282306 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 introduces a modernized change management model with flexible release audiences (Frontier, Standard, Deferred), enhanced Message center ... Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management- Azure PST Import New Roadmap Items: Outlook: ICS Preview experienceID: 560534 | Product: Outlook | Status: In developmentUsers can now seamlessly import calendar events from ICS files & preview them before importing in three cases: when dragging ICS files directly into t... Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management – Viewing AI interaction messages for anonymized users in IRMID: 560599 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In developmentCustomers can now access and review the underlying risky prompt and response interactions generated by users during AI usage, even when user anonymiza... Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Configure data retention policy for Viva GlintID: 560551 | Product: Microsoft Viva | Status: In developmentThis feature will introduce the capability for Glint service administrators to configure a data retention policy for their Glint instances based on th... Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Configure user and survey data retention for deleted users in Viva GlintID: 560548 | Product: Microsoft Viva | Status: In developmentWith the new control in Viva Glint, service administrators can now configure whether to retain or delete survey and relevant indefinable user data for... Microsoft Teams: Report external users for security concerns in TeamsID: 560547 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentUsers can now report suspicious external users directly within Teams, alongside existing block actions. Reports are surfaced in the Teams admin center... Updated Roadmap Items: Microsoft 365: Modernized Access Denied Web ExperienceID: 553214 | Product: Microsoft 365, OneDrive, SharePoint | Status: Rolling outWe’re introducing a visual refresh of the Access Denied web experience across Microsoft 365, where users can request access to files, sites, and meeti... Microsoft Teams: Create workflows with slash commandsID: 558544 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: Rolling outNow you can create workflows quickly and easily using slash commands directly from the Teams compose box. Microsoft 365: The Next Generation of File & Folder SharingID: 492622 | Product: Excel, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Word | Status: In developmentWe’re now introducing the third generation of the Microsoft 365 sharing experience designed to make collaboration simpler, smarter, and more secure by... Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Departed user content workflows for user-owned Loop workspacesID: 421612 | Product: Microsoft 365 app | Status: Rolling outManage retention and deletion workflows for user-owned Loop workspaces like Copilot Pages when users leave the organization. Notify and provide tempor... Microsoft Purview: Data Security Posture Management for AI: Fabric integration in Data Risk AssessmentID: 553217 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: LaunchedWithin Purview’s Data Security Posture Management (preview), Data Risk Assessment now supports scanning all Fabric workspaces for potentially oversharing This is a public episode. 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Sentinel Cost Estimator Tool is a go. - Sentinel Cost Estimator Words of Wisdom: “Don’t believe everything you think you believe” “Actual great opportunities do NOT have “Great Opportunies” in the subject line” General · Secure agentic AI for your Frontier Transformation [agenticainews.net] · Secure agentic AI end-to-end [microsoft.com] · Microsoft Pre-Day: Your first look at what’s next in Security [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Strengthening your Security Posture with Microsoft Security Store Innovations at RSAC 2026 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Crawl, Walk, Run: A Practitioner’s Guide to AI Maturity in the SOC [techcommun...rosoft.com] · From Manual Vetting to Continuous Trust: Automating Publisher Screening with AI AI Security · Join the Agent 365 “Ask Microsoft Anything” session on March 18 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Get to know these Agent 365 community all-stars [techcommun...rosoft.com] · ICYMI: Microsoft Agent 365 AMA [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Governing AI Agent Behavior: Aligning User, Developer, Role, and Organizational Intent Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News · Microsoft Defender for Cloud Customer Newsletter (March edition) [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Malware scan results now in blob tags (ADLS Gen2 HNS | Public Preview) [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Defending Container Runtime from Malware with Microsoft Defender for Containers [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Defending the AI Era: New Microsoft Capabilities to Protect AI [techcommun...rosoft.com] · New innovations in Microsoft Defender to strengthen multi-cloud, containers, and AI model security [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Secure AI Workloads in Azure: Join Our Next Azure Decoded Session on April 8th [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Detect, correlate, contain: New Azure Firewall IDPS detections in Microsoft Sentinel and XDR [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Azure Bastion: Enterprise-grade secure access made simple Threat Intelligence When Trust Becomes the Attack Vector: Analysis of the EmEditor Supply-Chain Compromise [techcommun...rosoft.com] Microsoft Entra · Secure access in the age of AI: Key findings from our 2026 Report [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Microsoft Entra innovations announced at RSAC 2026 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance: Secure and Manage Multi-Tenant Environments at Scale [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Evolving Identity Security: How the Conditional Access Optimization Agent Helps You Adapt [techcommun...rosoft.com] Device Management & Protection (Intune) · Announcing three new partners for multi-tenant management with Microsoft Intune [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Secure apps: Where people, data, and AI intersect Defender XDR & Sentinel · Monthly news – March 2026 (Microsoft Defender) [techcommun...rosoft.com] · RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Security Copilot in Defender: empowering the SOC with assistive and autonomous AI [techcommun...rosoft.com] · From Impersonation Calls to Transparent Reporting: Defending the New Front Door of Attacks [techcommun...rosoft.com] · What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel: March 2026 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel: RSAC 2026 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · How Granular Delegated Admin Privileges (GDAP) allows Sentinel customers to delegate access Copilot for Security · Introducing Secret Finder: Finding Real Credentials Where Traditional Tools Fail [techcommun...rosoft.com] · From alert overload to decisive action: How Security Copilot agents are transforming security and IT Purview - Compliance & Governance · AI‑Powered Troubleshooting for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Priority Cleanup V2: Faster, Simpler Data Purging for Exchange Online [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Microsoft Purview securing data and enabling apps and agents across your AI stack [techcommun...rosoft.com] · Secure data as AI scales: New Microsoft Purview innovations at RSA 2026 [techcommun...rosoft.com] · New Microsoft Purview innovations for Fabric to safely accelerate your AI transformation ✨ Featured Items This Week New Roadmap Items: * Microsoft Teams: New chat sections for muted and meeting chatsID: MC1269864 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Teams will introduce two new chat sections—Muted chats (enabled by default) and Meeting chats (disabled by default)—to organize chats. These... Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium): Choose your AI model when editing presentations in PowerPointID: MC1267867 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot (Premium) in PowerPoint will let users choose AI models, including OpenAI and Anthropic’s Claude, when editing presentations. Th... Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendation for Microsoft Defender for EndpointID: MC1266905 | Service: Microsoft Defender XDR | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Secure Score will add a new recommendation to block outbound traffic from mshta.exe in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint, starting public prev... Copilot Cowork now available in FrontierID: MC1265767 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Tags: New feature, User impactCopilot Cowork is now available in Frontier for Microsoft 365 Copilot Premium users, enabling multi-step task orchestration across apps with user appr... Auto Critique and Model Council features in Researcher (Frontier program)ID: MC1265765 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactResearcher’s new Auto Critique improves draft quality by reviewing structure, sources, and citations. Model Council compares reports from multiple AI ... Updated Roadmap Items: * Microsoft Teams: Sharing recap accessID: 559606 | Product: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In developmentRecording and transcript owners can now grant recording and transcript access to specified people when copying or sharing recap link, and the specifie... Microsoft Purview: Purview in Microsoft Admin CenterID: 559617 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In developmentAI and IT admins in Microsoft Admin Center can 1) gain visibility around oversharing risks and drive remediations 2) Understand how much of sensitive ... Microsoft Teams: Annotations on Teams Single Window Sharing on macOSID: 559611 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentPresenters can now share a single application window and enable participants to annotate directly on top of that content, without exposing their entir... Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Inline DLP for Prompts for Microsoft Foundry apps and agentsID: 558565 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In developmentWith Purview enabled in Microsoft Foundry, Purview admins can setup inline DLP policies to prompts on Foundry built apps and agents to ensure data los... Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint and Viva Insights Integration - Exclusion List for data sharingID: 559266 | Product: Microsoft Viva | Status: In developmentViva Glint admins will be able to manage an exclusion list in Viva Feature Access Management that prevents selected people and groups from being inclu... New Message Center Items: * Microsoft Teams: Meeting Notes now available for instant meetingsID: 541831 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: Rolling outTeams meeting Notes, powered by Loop, are now available for instant meetings that started via ‘Meet now’ from the calendar. Notes are Loop components ... Microsoft 365 app: Overview Page in Copilot NotebooksID: 512430 | Product: Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: LaunchedUsers will find Copilot-powered Notebook summaries and insights as a landing page within their Copilot Notebook. Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Now smarter with visuals: Declarative Agents leverage embedded images for richer, more accurate answersID: 531758 | Product: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: LaunchedDeclarative Agents have been enhanced to interpret and ground responses using images embedded in files such as Word documents (.docx), PowerPoint pres... Outlook: Prepare for your meeting with Copilot chat in Outlook mobileID: 516568 | Product: Outlook | Status: LaunchedOutlook mobile users can now prepare for their meetings using Copilot chat in a single tap. This feature requires a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Files found via Chat search can be now analyzed by code interpreterID: 519570 | Product: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: LaunchedCode interpreter runs on files you upload in your agent or that the user explicitly attaches in the interaction. Files that Copilot Chat finds via ent... Updated Message Center Items: (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Session persistence enhancement for Copilot chatID: MC1174856 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot chat will preserve conversations by creating session entries in the navigation pane upon prompt submission, allowing users to re... (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoftID: MC1251200 | Service: Microsoft Viva | Tags: Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Viva Engage email sender domains have migrated from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft (and @eu.engage.mail.microsoft for Europe) as of M... (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Manage and deploy user-level connectors in Microsoft 365 admin centerID: MC1188234 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot introduces f

Let’s talk Sentinel, AI Security or lack thereof and we think Agent365 is pretty cool when mixed with Microsoft Purview. Words of Wisdom: “Anything you say before the word “but” does not count! “Ask anyone that you admire: Their lucky breaks happened on a detour from their main goal. So embrace detours. Life is NOT a straight line for anyone.” Security News: General * Secure agentic AI end-to-end | Microsoft Security Blog * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? | Microsoft Community Hub * Monthly news – March 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Microsoft Entra innovations announced at RSAC 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub AI Security * Secure agentic AI end-to-end | Microsoft Security Blog * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? (Security Copilot & AI expansions) | Microsoft Community Hub Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * Monthly news – March 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (March/April 2026 updates) | Microsoft Learn * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? | Microsoft Community Hub Threat Intelligence * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? | Microsoft Community Hub Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra innovations announced at RSAC 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub Defender XDR & Sentinel * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? | Microsoft Community Hub * What’s New in Microsoft Sentinel: March 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub * What’s new in Microsoft Sentinel: RSAC 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub * RSAC 2026: New Microsoft Sentinel Connectors Announcement | Microsoft Community Hub * Monthly news – March 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog Copilot for Security * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? (Security Copilot expansions) | Microsoft Community Hub Purview – Compliance & Governance * RSA 2026: What’s new in Microsoft Defender? (Purview AI & data innovations) | Microsoft Community Hub ✨ Featured Items This Week * Notice: Security Copilot will be included as part of your Microsoft 365 E5 plan soonID: MC1261596 | Service: Microsoft Entra, Microsoft Intune | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactSecurity Copilot will be included with Microsoft 365 E5 via a phased rollout from April 20 to June 30, 2026, providing 400 Security Compute Units * Microsoft Entra ID: Improved readability for Authentication Methods Policy Update audit logsID: MC1260708 | Service: Microsoft Entra | Tags: Feature update, Admin impactMicrosoft Entra ID audit logs for Authentication Methods Policy Updates will now show only changed properties with old and new values * Microsoft Purview: Credential scanning in Data Security Posture AgentID: MC1259828 | Service: Microsoft Purview | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Purview’s Data Security Posture Agent will add a credential scanning feature by mid-2026, using LLM-powered detection to find exposed cred’s New Roadmap Items: * Microsoft Teams: Enhanced cross-platform join via SIP for Teams Rooms on AndroidID: 558539 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentEnable Teams Rooms on Android to join third-party meetings via SIP, delivering seamless cross-platform interoperability. This capability ensures users... Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics: “All”- licensed user page Copilot dashboardID: 559475 | Product: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In developmentThe Copilot Dashboard adoption landing page will be updated to show a unified view of Copilot adoption across the organization. Instead of the default... Microsoft Teams: Add Breakout Room Participants in Bulk Using CSVID: 559387 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentSupport for bulk breakout room participant assignment using a CSV file, helping organizers save time when setting up breakout rooms. Updated Roadmap Items: * Microsoft Teams: Simplified Teams app bar to create a cleaner and more focused experience.ID: 557169 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: Rolling outWe’ve simplified the app bar to help you focus on what matters. Apps are easier to scan in a cleaner View more apps list, the overflow menu is less cl... Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams: Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) Support for Teams town hallsID: 554931 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In developmentMicrosoft Teams will soon support Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streaming in Teams town halls. SRT is a network protocol designed to deliver high-qu... Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] IT Admins will be able to enable Anthropic models by specific users and groups in the tenantID: 557371 | Product: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In developmentThis feature introduces admin controls for managing Anthropic as a model provider for specific users and groups in the tenant. Microsoft Viva: Satisfaction Rate Metric for Microsoft 365 Copilot in Copilot DashboardID: 496655 | Product: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: LaunchedTrack user sentiment of Microsoft 365 Copilot. Understand how users perceive Copilot value by analyzing the breakdown of thumbs up and thumbs down rat... Microsoft Teams: share file in chat with external usersID: 492625 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: LaunchedCollaborating with users outside your organization has become more streamlined. You can now share files and Loop components with external users in 1:1... New Message Center Items: * Microsoft Teams: AI-powered live interpretation on Teams Phone devicesID: MC1263278 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactAI-powered live interpretation will be available on certified Microsoft Teams Phone devices for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license starting mi... Microsoft 365 Copilot: Admins will be able to enable third‑party model providers for specific users and groupsID: MC1263276 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactAdmins will soon be able to assign third-party AI model providers like Anthropic and xAI to specific users or groups in Microsoft 365 Copilot via a ne... Planner tab support for Shared and Private Channels in Microsoft TeamsID: MC1262590 | Service: Planner, Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Planner tabs will be supported in Microsoft Teams Shared and Private channels starting mid-May 2026. Users can add new or existing plans dir... New M365 group creation and editing in My GroupsID: MC1262589 | Service: Microsoft Entra | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 group creation and editing in My Groups will be enhanced by late March 2026, allowing owners to configure usage guidelines, email aliase... Microsoft Teams: Retirement of CAPTCHA for meeting joinID: MC1262588 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: User impact, RetirementMicrosoft Teams will retire CAPTCHA for meeting joins by August 2026, replacing it with a default-on bot detection feature that requires organizer app... Updated Message Center Items: (Updated) Copilot entry point changes in Word and handoff to Agent in chatID: MC1240704 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impactCopilot entry points in Word are updated to unify access and introduce Word Agent in the chat pane as the primary interface. Rollout begins early Apri... (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Email triage with pin, flag, archive, and mark readID: MC1193695 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot now supports natural language commands for email triage—pinning, flagging, marking complete, archiving, and marking read/unread—... (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Create and view Outlook rulesID: MC1223821 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Copilot now lets Outlook users create and view Inbox rules via natural language in chat, streamlining email management. Available from A... (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Code block line numbers and improved keyboard accessibilityID: MC1240703 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impactMicrosoft Teams will enhance the code block experience by adding default line numbers, improved keyboard navigation, consistent language selection, an... (Updated) Targeted file and folder restores in Microsoft 365 BackupID: MC1245216 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite, SharePoint Online | Tags: Updated message, New feature, Admin impactMicrosoft 365 Backup now supports granular restore, allowing admins to browse, search, and restore individual files or folders from SharePoint and One... This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com