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AI is accelerating familiar threats while giving defenders new ways to respond. This is a central theme of the 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report (MDDR), discussed in this episode of the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Podcast. msft.it/63325aol65

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Elliot Volkman, Chloé Messdaghi, and Karen Frost discuss the intelligence behind the report’s findings and examine how AI is changing the speed, scale, and sophistication of threat actor activity, while noting that human direction still plays a meaningful role in attacks.

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The discussion emphasizes the importance of connecting signals rather than simply collecting more of them. Correlating activity across identities, systems, infrastructure can provide a fuller picture of an intrusion, while AI can help teams process threat information and respond at greater scale.

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For security leaders, the episode connects these findings to practical priorities, including phishing-resistant multifactor authentication, incident response plans, and governance and data access controls for AI.

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Listen to the podcast episode to hear more about understanding dependencies across an organization’s ecosystem and measuring security progress through risk reduction, not just the volume of security activity. msft.it/63325aol65 Read the full 2026 Microsoft Digital Defense Report: msft.it/6010aoYQr