News
From edge appliance to enterprise compromise: Multi-stage Linux intrusion via F5 and Confluence
2+ hour, 47+ min ago (491+ words) A growing trend in modern intrusions is the compromise of internet-facing edge appliances such as firewalls and VPN gateways. Systems traditionally deployed as security boundaries are increasingly becoming initial access points due to the continued discovery and exploitation of critical…...
Microsoft Security success stories: How St. Luke's and Manpower Group are securing AI foundations | Microsoft Security Blog
3+ hour, 41+ min ago (255+ words) First, we'lltake a closer look at St. Luke's University Health Network. Manpower Group'is modernizing toward a unified, cloud-based security platform to protect a highly distributed workforce, addressing identity-centric risk and complex compliance requirements as AI becomes embedded in everyday work....
Microsoft recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave" for Workforce Identity Security Platforms
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (348+ words) Identity is the backbone of modern cybersecurity. Every access decision carries risk, across employees, partners, devices, workloads, and an expanding set of AI-powered agents. Forrester's research highlights the need for strong identity foundations, actionable intelligence, and support for emerging AI-powered…...
Cactus Life Sciences advances secure medical communication with Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Customer Stories
23+ hour, 11+ min ago (335+ words) Cactus Life Sciences needed to reduce the manual burden of document-heavy scientific workflows and improve efficiency across scientific writing and project management teams, while meeting the strict data security rules of the pharmaceutical industry. The Company deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot through…...
Fara1. 5 - A family of frontier computer use agent models
1+ day, 40+ min ago (802+ words) Published May 21, 2026 By: Ahmed Awadallah, Sahil Gupta, Yash Lara, Yadong Lu, Hussein Mozannar, Akshay Nambi, Zach Nussbaum, Yash Pandya, Aravind Rajeswaran, Corby Rosset, Alexey Taymanov, Luiz do Valle, Vibhav Vineet, Spencer Whitehead, Andrew Zhao We are excited to introduce the…...
Senac-RS empowers 120 K+ students with secure access using Microsoft 365 and Intune | Microsoft Customer Stories
23+ hour, 33+ min ago (646+ words) Senac-RS, a pillar of vocational education in Brazil, sought to modernize its 5, 000-device fleet across 40 units to provide individualized, secure digital identities for its massive student body. The institution implemented Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Intune to centralize management and secure student…...
Re-thinking zero-knowledge proofs for everyday identity
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (495+ words) Published May 21, 2026 By Srinath Setty, Senior Principal Researcher The credential gets uploaded, processed, sometimes stored, and eventually (hopefully) deleted. But high-profile breaches have repeatedly exposed government IDs that users shared for routine verification. These are not edge cases. They are…...
Governing AI agents at scale: Lessons from our journey at Microsoft - Inside Track Blog
22+ hour, 34+ min ago (1656+ words) Welcome to the agentic frontier Engage with our experts! Customers or Microsoft account team representatives from Fortune 500 companies are welcome to request a virtual engagement on this topic with experts from our Microsoft Digital team. Agents are expanding the frontier…...
AI Data Platform Modernization in Financial Services | Microsoft Azure Postgre SQL | The Microsoft Cloud Blog
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (217+ words) Financial service institutions have long been among the sectors requiring the greatest levels of security, compliance, and reliability. Today, in the age of AI, organizations in the financial sector are looking to apply AI to alleviate some of these burdens,…...
How Work IQ is supercharging our AI usage at Microsoft
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (1696+ words) At Microsoft, we're constantly thinking about the future of work'how the power of AI and agents is transforming the way knowledge workers do their jobs, streamlining workflows, and boosting employee productivity. These innovations have come in many different forms across…...