What’s new in Microsoft Security: August 2026
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What happened
Microsoft Security Blog August 2026 feed covering emerging threats and defensive guidance, including exposed AI gateway exploitation, credential harvesting, cryptomining, MacSync Stealer infrastructure, DeadLock ransomware, macOS ClickFix campaigns, and the ChainDrop self-propagating npm supply-chain worm affecting more than 400 packages. The feed also includes Microsoft security product and industry recognition announcements.
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- ddc8c9b94bb2235f1b6afb2a3870dd361cab91142c33b8491ab243a08eb67d0d
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- 2026-08-28T08:52:10Z
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- Yes
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