Detecting cloud ransomware in Azure with Tenable One’s cloud detection and response capabilities
2026-08-17T20:52:10Z•c989f383bf8e414e9fac39366aa8baa91334afe6e39e613987ca1c668c205d0a
CVE-2025-3248CVE-2026-6726CVE-2026-6727CVE-2026-68820AI securityAzureMicrosoft Entra IDMicrosoft Patch TuesdayStorm-0501agentic AIautonomous cyber attacksbackup destructioncloud control planecloud ransomwareexploitation in the wildexposure managementidentity compromiseimmutability policiesresource locksvulnerability managementzero-day
What happened
Tenable’s August 2026 blog feed covers cloud ransomware activity by Storm-0501 targeting Azure and Microsoft Entra ID, a cluster of near-autonomous AI-enabled cyber incidents, Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday with 398 CVEs and three zero-days including one exploited in the wild, and defensive uses of agentic AI for exposure remediation and code security. The content highlights cloud control-plane takeover, identity and authentication weaknesses, destructive backup and immutability changes, and urgent Microsoft patching.
Why it matters
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- 2026-08-17T20:52:10Z
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