CTI-REALM: A new benchmark for end-to-end detection rule generation with AI agents

2026-03-23T02:52:23Z14f432b76e9f4553d0dc223e383e6087ab5c3092ed5eeb38389e3f6a4ddc77f4
AI agentsCTI-REALMIOCsMicrosoft DefenderMicrosoft PurviewMicrosoft TeamsSEO poisoningStorm-2561TTPsZero Trust for AIagentic AIcredential theftdetection engineeringemail security benchmarkfake VPNgovernancemalwareobservabilityphishingprompt abuseprompt injectionsigned trojantax-season phishingvishing

What happened

Collection of Microsoft Security Blog posts (March 2026) covering AI security and threat intelligence: announcement of CTI-REALM, an open benchmark for evaluating AI agents on end-to-end detection rule generation from CTI; guidance and new capabilities for securing agentic AI and a “Zero Trust for AI” pillar; observability recommendations for AI systems and Purview innovations for governance. Operational threat coverage includes seasonal tax-themed phishing and malware campaigns, a Microsoft Teams voice-phishing (vishing) compromise case study, and a detailed write-up on Storm-2561 using SEO‑p

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2026-03-23T02:52:23Z
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