A federal program created to protect the government against cyber threats authorized a sprawling Microsoft cloud product, despite the company’s inability to fully explain how it protects sensitive data.
Protecting Microsoft at AI speed: How SFI proactively hardens our cloud | Microsoft Security Blog
Learn how Microsoft uses AI to proactively harden its own cloud services through the Secure Future Initiative (SFI).
As the Federal Government Rushes Toward AI, Here Are Three Cautionary Tales — ProPublica
We’ve been reporting on cybersecurity for years. As President Donald Trump and his Cabinet say artificial intelligence will transform the nation, the messaging isn’t new. It follows a familiar pattern.
Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft’s latest Secure Future Initiative report outlines progress on secure foundations, AI-powered defense, and future-ready cybersecurity.
Rethinking security for the age of AI - The Official Microsoft Blog
Editor’s note: Updates with additional details on the model’s crash score. Why security needs a new cyber stack — Introducing Project Perception The physics of cybersecurity are changing. Autonomous systems can now reason, adapt and operate continuously. At the same time, the cost of offense is falling, while the volume, velocity and complexity of what...
One of East Coast’s largest data centers accused of ‘violating federal law'
Thermal drone footage shows DataOne — the Microsoft-backed AI data center in Vineland — is powering its operations with dozens of unpermitted generators
“Paper Trail” Podcast: Microsoft’s “Digital Escorts” Left DOD Vulnerable to Chinese Hackers — ProPublica
A little-known Microsoft program allowed China-based engineers to service the U.S. government’s sensitive computer systems — until reporter Renee Dudley found out about it.
Rethinking cloud operations with agentic observability - The Official Microsoft Blog
Cloud operations are entering a new era as AI-driven and autonomous agents become a larger part of modern software systems. As software becomes increasingly agentic, the challenge is no longer just managing greater scale and complexity. Operators must also contend with systems that evolve faster, act more autonomously and interact across an expanding network of...
Microsoft handed the government encryption keys for customer data
Microsoft complied with a warrant to hand over BitLocker recovery keys to the FBI, and privacy advocates are worried.
‘Order from Amazon’: Tech giants storing mass data for Israel’s war
The Israeli army is using Amazon’s cloud service and AI from Google and Microsoft for military activities in Gaza, investigation reveals.
Microsoft Build 2026: Securing code, agents, and models across the development lifecycle | Microsoft Security Blog
Discover how Microsoft enables fast, secure AI development with MDASH and new security capabilities.
Microsoft storing Israeli intelligence trove used to attack Palestinians
Microsoft developed a customized version of its cloud platform for Israel’s Unit 8200, which is housing audio files of millions of calls by Palestinians.
Microsoft offers devs a better way to control AI agent behavior | TechCrunch
The specification lets developer, compliance, and security teams define their own policies for agents to follow in portable policy files.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
Update on ongoing Microsoft review - Microsoft On the Issues
Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, shared the below communication with Microsoft employees this morning. I want to let you know that Microsoft has ceased and disabled a set of services to a unit within the Israel Ministry of Defense (IMOD). I know many of you care about this topic, and I share more about...
Defense at AI speed: Microsoft’s new multi-model agentic security system tops leading industry benchmark | Microsoft Security Blog
Today Microsoft is announcing a major step forward in AI-powered cyber defense: a new multi-model agentic scanning harness (codenamed MDASH).
Securing CI/CD in an agentic world: Claude Code Github action case | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft Threat Intelligence identified a prompt injection pathway in Claude Code GitHub Action that allowed access to workflow secrets under specific conditions. This research examines the attack chain, responsible disclosure process, Anthropic's mitigation, and guidance for securing AI-powered CI/CD workflows.
