Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative
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This batch of Microsoft Security Blog posts (June–July 2026) covers progress on the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) — secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and AI-speed cloud hardening — plus operational guidance and product updates. Notable security advisories include an in-depth analysis of GigaWiper, a destructive backdoor that merges wiping and ransomware-like capabilities from multiple malware families, guidance on detecting/defending against such threats, and a warning about MCP tool poisoning that can turn trusted AI agents into a control plane for data loss. Other items cover a PerpLe
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