The threat to critical infrastructure has changed. Has your readiness?
2026-03-31T20:52:23Z•f28ef5cf1aba6ef27f5f0fa6beffe0d8079e457b4391a3d54264dec9b7e6b170
AI securityCI/CD compromiseCISO guidanceCTI-REALMCopilot StudioGPO abuseMSI backdoorMicrosoft DefenderOWASPTrivyVBScriptWhatsApp malwareagentic AIbenchmarkcredential theftcritical infrastructuredetection engineeringhigh-value assetsidentity securitypredictive shieldingransomwaresupply chainthreat intelligence
What happened
Microsoft Security Blog posts (Mar 20–31, 2026) cover multiple high-priority threats and defensive guidance: evolving threats to critical infrastructure; practical security fundamentals for CISOs to secure AI and Copilot Studio mitigations for OWASP agentic-AI risks; a WhatsApp-delivered campaign using VBScript to fetch cloud-hosted payloads and install MSI backdoors; a Trivy supply‑chain compromise that injected credential‑stealing malware into CI/CD pipelines; Defender techniques for protecting high‑value assets and a case study where predictive shielding stopped GPO‑based ransomware; and a
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- 2026-03-31T20:52:23Z
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- Yes
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