GitHub disabled 73 Microsoft repositories on June 5 after a malicious commit landed in an Azure project, in what researchers described as a supply chain attack aimed at developer workstations and AI coding environments.
A coding error in several Microsoft 365 Android apps could have allowed a malicious app on the same device to silently obtain account tokens and act as the signed-in user, according to new research from Enclave.
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order Tuesday that aims to keep the United States ahead in AI while giving the federal government a limited role in reviewing the security risks tied to the most advanced models.
Microsoft used Build to show off Majorana 2, its latest quantum computing chip and the next step in a long-running effort to build a commercially useful quantum computer by 2029.
Microsoft used its Build developer conference Tuesday to push Copilot deeper into agentic AI, announcing Microsoft Scout, a new "always-on" personal agent designed to operate across Microsoft 365 apps, coordinate work in the background and act within enterprise security controls.
Microsoft is making its agentic AI platform for research and development generally available, extending the company’s AI strategy beyond workplace copilots and developer tools into scientific and engineering workflows.
Microsoft used Build 2026 to position Windows as a platform for building and running AI agents, expanding its developer focus beyond AI-assisted apps and into agents that can act across local devices, cloud environments and enterprise systems.
Microsoft announced it's preparing a new high-end Surface Laptop Ultra built around Nvidia silicon, a move that could give Windows on Arm a stronger role with developers, AI builders and other enterprise users who need more than a standard business laptop.
Dell secured a massive $9.69 billion U.S. Department of Defense software deal to serve as a central supplier of Microsoft software across the military and related agencies, the Department of War (DOW) announced Wednesday in a statement.
The FBI is warning orgs about Kali365, a phishing-as-a-service kit that can help attackers get around multifactor authentication protections in Microsoft 365 environments by stealing access tokens instead of passwords.
Microsoft has disrupted a cybercrime service that allegedly helped ransomware operators and other attackers make malware appear as verified software, the company said last week.
Microsoft released RAMPART and Clarity as open-source projects intended to help developers test AI agents earlier in the software lifecycle and turn red-team findings into repeatable engineering checks.
More than half of small and midsize businesses rank cybersecurity and data protection among their top priorities, with many planning to increase security spending as AI adoption adds new risks, according to a new IDC survey commissioned by Sage.
Microsoft’s latest Surface for Business update brings new Intel Core Ultra Series 3 processors, more on-device AI performance and several IT-focused manageability and security additions.
Microsoft is now accelerating its Linux strategy with the debut of Azure Linux 4.0 and the general availability of Azure Container Linux.
Microsoft has named longtime design executive Jon Friedman as its first chief design officer, a new role focused on shaping the company’s AI user experience across Microsoft 365.
A new agentic AI security multi-model defense system built by Microsoft's Autonomous Code Security team helped researchers find 16 new vulnerabilities across the Windows networking and authentication stack.
Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday release broke a long zero-day streak, arriving without any vulnerabilities listed as exploited or publicly disclosed.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took center stage Monday in Elon Musk's civil lawsuit against OpenAI, offering jurors new insight into the partnership that transformed OpenAI from a nonprofit research lab into one of the most influential companies in artificial intelligence.
- By John K. Waters
- 05/12/2026
Microsoft's latest Global AI Diffusion Report shows AI usage reaching 17.8 percent among the world's working-age population, while adoption remains far higher in developed economies than in the Global South.