Insights from the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report

Reported by Microsoft Security (Terrell Cox)

Summary by Cyber Security News1 Oct 2026, 16:00 CEST

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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 are seeing. Today, we released the 2026 Report, which reflects a security environment that continues to grow more interconnected. We see that across the report.

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