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Microsoft
Microsoft sets new timeline for Sentinel transition to Defender portal

Microsoft has updated the timeline for transitioning the Microsoft Sentinel experience from the Azure portal to the Microsoft Defender portal from July 1, 2026 to March 31, …

Microsoft Entra ID
Conditional Access enforcement change coming to Microsoft Entra

Microsoft will change how Conditional Access policies are enforced in Microsoft Entra starting March 27, 2026, with a phased rollout continuing through June 2026. The change …

Microsoft
Microsoft brings AI-powered investigations to security teams

Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations is now available. The tool is part of Microsoft Purview and is intended for scenarios such as data breach and leak …

Microsoft Office
Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509)

Microsoft released emergency Office security updates to fix a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) that its threat intelligence and security teams spotted …

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID will auto-enable passkey profiles, synced passkeys

Starting March 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will automatically enable passkey profiles and introduce support for synced passkeys. Passkey profiles move into general availability …

military business
Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline

The technology workforce is changing, and military veterans are increasingly being recognized as one of the industry’s most valuable and dependable talent pools. In this Help …

winapp
Microsoft introduces winapp, an open-source CLI for building Windows apps

Microsoft has released winapp, a new command line interface aimed at simplifying the process of building Windows applications. The open-source tool targets developers who rely …

energy sector
Energy sector orgs targeted with AiTM phishing campaign

Organizations in the energy sector are being targeted with phishing emails aimed at compromising enterprise accounts, Microsoft warns. The attack campaign The attacks started …

Microsoft 365
Microsoft updates the security baseline for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise

Microsoft has published version 2512 of its security baseline for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. The baseline documents recommended policy settings for Office applications …

cybercrime
Microsoft shuts down RedVDS cybercrime subscription service tied to millions in fraud losses

Microsoft has announced a coordinated legal action in the United States and the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service tied to large-scale …

phishing
Browser-in-the-Browser phishing is on the rise: Here’s how to spot it

Browser-in-the-Browser (BitB) phishing attacks are on the rise, with attackers reviving and refining the technique to bypass user skepticism and traditional security controls. …

patch tuesday
January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues

Welcome to a new year of my Patch Tuesday forecast blog where I provide a summary of Microsoft and other vendor’s security patch activity (and reported issues) for the month, …

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