What’s new in Microsoft Security: May 2026

2026-05-22T14:52:22Zc2551b7e170e834120ae90348c6293541f867cc6ee0fa1686d1b9560949a9f3f
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What happened

Microsoft Security Blog (May 2026) highlights multiple high-risk threats and defensive guidance: compromised @antv npm packages deploy the “Mini Shai Hulud” payload to steal CI/CD credentials from Linux automation environments (targets include GitHub, AWS, Kubernetes, Vault, npm, and 1Password); a malware‑signing‑as‑a‑service operation dubbed Fox Tempest enables wider malware/ransomware distribution; Storm-2949 demonstrates how stolen identities can lead to cloud‑wide breaches without malware; Kazuar is profiled as an evolving, modular P2P botnet attributed to Russian actor Secret Blizzard; in

Why it matters

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