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[Launched] Generally Available: Item Level Recovery for Azure VMs with Premium SSDv2 and Ultra Disks in Azure BackupAzure Backup now supports Item-Level Recovery (ILR) for Azure virtual machines using Premium SSD v2 and Ultra disks with both 512 byte and 4KB logical sector sizes. You…Source: Microsoft Azure UpdatesInside the LiteLLM 1.107.0 supply chain compromise: Credential theft through Python startup hooksIn this article Attack overview Technical detailsMitigation and protection guidanceIndicators of compromiseReferencesLearn More On October 21, 2026, a compromised LiteLLM 1.107.0 release was published to the Python Package…Source: Microsoft Security BlogAI-driven, large-scale nation-state campaign using ARTEX enables supply chain compromiseIn this article What’s happeningWhat is ARTEX?Mitigation and protection guidanceReferencesLearn more As early as September 2026, Storm-0940, a China-state aligned actor, used the agentic AI penetration testing framework…Source: Microsoft Security BlogAnnouncing: Choose Your Own Telephony (CYOT) for Microsoft EntraWhat and whyStarting October 30, 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will make the Choose Your Own Telephony Provider experience available. This feature enables organizations to use a supported third-party…Source: Microsoft Azure UpdatesAgents are your newest insiders. Security must move at their speed. Agents are rapidly becoming part of how work gets done. They can support a range of activities from writing code and researching products to analyzing revenue, processing expenses,…Source: Microsoft Security BlogManaging open-weight model risk in enterprise deploymentsThe growing AI landscape is giving enterprises more choice in how they build, customize, and deploy increasingly capable models. Open-weight models are an important part of that landscape.…Source: Microsoft Security Blog[Launched] Generally Available: Azure Site Recovery Support for Azure ARC-enabled Windows VMWare/Physical serversAzure Site Recovery (ASR) now supports disaster recovery for Azure ARC-enabled Windows VMWare virtual machines and on-premise physical servers. Customers can protect ARC-managed machines with ASR while continuing…Source: Microsoft Azure UpdatesThe hidden network: Inside the phishing infrastructure ecosystem powering global cybercrimeIn this article Uncovering the shadow world of a phishing kit ecosystemStorm-3119: YAM Store, the power brokerStorm-2990: The Iron Man System phishing kitDownstream activity from Storm-2990 phishing kitsMitigation…Source: Microsoft Security BlogPost-quantum authentication: Why organizations should start testing certificate ecosystems nowIn this article Why post-quantum authentication presents a different challengeWhy organizations should begin preparing nowMicrosoft's perspective on readinessTesting the future certificate ecosystemExpanding end-to-end testingWhat organizations can do todayLooking…Source: Microsoft Security Blog3 lessons from frontier AI vulnerability researchIn this article Shift 1. From frontier capability to scaleShift 2. From token consumption to reasoning economicsShift 3. Validation and remediation as a continuous learning loopTransferring security research…Source: Microsoft Security BlogCISO perspectives on managing vulnerability risks in the age of AIMost of what has been written about AI and vulnerability management focuses on speed: how much faster frontier AI models can scan code, find weaknesses, design patches, and…Source: Microsoft Security BlogInsights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report Every year, the Microsoft Digital Defense Report gives us an opportunity to step back from individual threats and look broadly at what Microsoft’s security and threat intelligence teams…Source: Microsoft Security Blog