What’s new in Microsoft Security: August 2026
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What happened
Microsoft Security Blog’s August 2026 feed covers emerging threats and defensive guidance, including exposed AI gateway exploitation, credential theft and cryptomining, MacSync Stealer infrastructure, DeadLock ransomware, macOS ClickFix campaigns, and the ChainDrop supply-chain compromise involving more than 400 malicious npm packages and self-propagation. It also includes product, vulnerability-management, and cloud security announcements.
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- 88b732ead19f40736a6a5121bcba569e7af3f1fdca5e29c6d5ceb599bfef53ff
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- 2026-08-27T20:52:11Z
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