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Threat landscape • Jun 3, 2026 •  16 min read

The Conversation CISOs need to have with their board about ransomware

Boards don’t misunderstand ransomware; they lack structural insight into its ecosystem. Closing that deficit is essential.

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Threat landscape • Jun 3, 2026 • 23 min watch

Cybercrime gets headlines; Nation States shape the battlefield

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Emerging Trends • Jun 5, 2026 • 17 min watch

AI Is Forcing Organizations to Operationalize Trust

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Emerging Trends • Jun 5, 2026 • 20 min watch

AI security strategy requires strong governance

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Threat landscape • May 19, 2026 • 8 min read

Hot Cybercrime Summer: Understanding the Modern Cybercrime Operating Model

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Threat landscape • Apr 30, 2026 • 20 min watch

Social engineering is scaling faster than ever

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Threat landscape • Mar 31, 2026 • 9 min read

The threat to critical infrastructure has changed. Has your readiness?

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Threat landscape • Feb 25, 2026 • 20 min watch

Modern threats demand modern discipline

Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence video series

Microsoft disrupted Storm-1152’s 750 million fake accounts. See how threat intelligence becomes action, disruption, and protection.

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When threat actors strike, Microsoft’s Incident Response team steps into the chaos to bring calm and structure to the equation.

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Follow Senior Security Researcher Thomas Ball in the latest episode of Inside Microsoft Threat Intelligence as he discusses modern threat hunting in the age of AI.

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Explore the foundation that fuels it all–security research–through the lens of Principal Security Researcher Jonathan Bar Or (JBO).

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Editor’s picks

Top recommendations for staying up to date on today’s pressing cybersecurity challenges.

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Emerging Trends • Feb 10, 2026 • 20 min read

Cyber Pulse: An AI Security Report

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Emerging trends • Apr 16, 2026 • 18 min read

Skilling for secure AI: How Frontier Firms lead the way

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Threat landscape • Oct 16, 2025 • Over an hour read

Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025

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Leadership perspectives • Jan 28, 2026 • 40 min listen

The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast

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