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If any of our listeners are in Vegas for Blackhat or DefCon, come say hello. We may have a prize. Words of Wisdom: “Immediately pay what you owe to vendors, workers and contractors. They will go out of their way to work with you first the next time” * Explore events at Microsoft Security Insights - Foresight - Hindsight – July 2026 Edition General * Securing our future: July 2026 progress report on Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative | Microsoft Security Blog * Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding | Microsoft Security Blog * Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise | Microsoft Security Blog AI Security * AI brands as bait: How threat actors are using the AI hype in social engineering | Microsoft Security Blog * Beyond the benchmark: Advancing security at AI speed | Microsoft Security Blog Agent365 * Least privilege for AI agents: Identity, access, and tool binding | Microsoft Security Blog * Agent 365 Registry, local discovery, and runtime protection | Microsoft Learn Azure Security & Defender for Cloud News * What’s new in Defender for Cloud features (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Threat Intelligence * Unpacking the AsyncAPI npm supply chain compromise | Microsoft Security Blog * GigaWiper: Anatomy of a destructive backdoor | Microsoft Security Blog Microsoft Entra * Microsoft Entra ID security updates: Passkeys as default | Microsoft Security Blog Device Management & Protection (Intune) * What’s new in Microsoft Intune (July 2026) | Microsoft Learn Defender XDR & Sentinel * Monthly news – July 2026 | Microsoft Defender XDR Blog * Sentinel Graph tools and custom detection rules as code | Microsoft Learn * Defender XDR + Sentinel unified operations | Microsoft Learn Copilot for Security * Security Copilot agentic capabilities | Microsoft Learn Purview – Compliance & Governance * Purview data protection for AI agents | Microsoft Learn * Purview for Agent 365 | Microsoft Learn Non Microsoft Security News * Polymarket supply chain compromise and theft → Podcast * FBI Kali365 phishing warnings → Podcast * AI-discovered vulnerabilities in summer campaigns → Podcast * GitHub researcher bans and anti-tech trends → Podcast AI for the Masses (from “AI Security OPS”) * LiteLLM supply chain risks → AI Security Ops * Model ablation and safety bypasses → AI Security Ops * Embedding space attacks → AI Security Ops * Open-weight models and harness risks → AI Security Ops * Agent pentesting and bug bounties → AI Security Ops Featured Resources & Deep Dives * Defender XDR deployment guide * Advanced hunting best practices * Sentinel best practices * Secure Copilot foundation * Security for AI hub What’s New in Defender (July 2026) * What’s new in Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn * Local AI agent discovery + runtime protection * Sentinel Graph + custom detection as code * July Patch Tuesday follow-up Daily Defender Dispatch – July 16, 2026 Daily Defender Dispatch: Least-Privilege Agents, AsyncAPI Breach, and Graph Tools Least Privilege for AI AgentsNew guidance on identity, access, and tool binding for secure agentic AI.Takeaway: Review Agent 365 policies for least-privilege enforcement. AsyncAPI npm Supply Chain CompromiseThreat actors weaponized trusted CI/CD workflows.Takeaway: Audit open-source dependencies in AI pipelines. Sentinel Graph & Custom DetectionsEnhanced graph tools and custom detection rules as code now in preview.Takeaway: Test graph reasoning for faster investigations. Non-MS HighlightsPolymarket breach and AI supply chain risks.Takeaway: Strengthen third-party AI vendor reviews. AI for the MassesLiteLLM and model ablation attacks. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.microsoftsecurityinsights.com