Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
2026-07-11T02:52:17Z•334e410c6a0cb58386fb01100be4e928ce0a8bf226da2cee9e90552dab5d939a
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What happened
Collection of Microsoft Security Blog posts (June–July 2026) covering progress on the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) — secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and AI‑speed hardening of cloud services — plus operational guidance and threat research. Notable threat analysis: GigaWiper, a destructive backdoor that consolidates wiping/ransomware capabilities from multiple malware families and includes detection/mitigation guidance. AI-related risks include MCP/tool‑poisoning attacks against AI agents and a malicious Chromium extension spoofing Perplexity AI that redirects browser searches via MV3/
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- 2026-07-11T02:52:17Z
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