Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
2026-07-11T14:52:17Z•47efe6cabf5b75906412daf5ecabc2fe4c9b90702c0e67b3cdd00792f299dbce
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This feed aggregates July 2026 Microsoft Security Blog posts covering progress on the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and cloud hardening at AI speed, cloud posture and partner-ecosystem security, quantum‑safe readiness, and product updates. It highlights active threats and research: an in-depth analysis of GigaWiper—a destructive backdoor combining wiping and ransomware-like capabilities—guidance on securing AI agents (tool/MCP poisoning), and a malicious Chromium extension that hijacks browser search via MV3 and impersonated AI branding. Posts provide detection, mitigation, and defender best‑
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