Microsoft at Black Hat USA 2026: Defending trust in the age of AI and supply chain attacks

2026-07-19T02:52:13Zf0515011c42a99445fc6059569be6b55f33c11dff344e85fecb28d1cfcc9fc75
ACR StealerAI agentsBLUERABBITBlack Hat USA 2026CI/CD compromiseClickFix lureDefender ExpertsEntra IDGigaWiperOAuth abuseSFISecure Future InitiativeShinyHuntersbrowser tokenscredential theftdestructive malwareimport-time payloadleast privilegenpmpasskeyssupply-chainthreat intelligence

What happened

Collection of Microsoft Security Blog posts (July 2026) covering multiple active threats and defensive guidance: observed ACR Stealer campaigns using ClickFix lures to exfiltrate browser credentials, tokens, and documents; an npm supply‑chain compromise of AsyncAPI leveraging CI/CD and import‑time payload delivery; analysis of GigaWiper (BLUERABBIT), a destructive backdoor combining multiple malware families; OAuth abuse and account compromise tradecraft linked to ShinyHunters; and guidance on least‑privilege for autonomous AI agents, Entra ID passkey defaults, Defender Experts threat response

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2026-07-19T02:52:13Z
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