Attack on Identity: Dissecting Microsoft’s 2025 Digital Defense Report

On this episode of Leaky Weekly, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli and Flare’s Identity Security Expert Mike Iaconianni dig into their responses and questions to the Microsoft 2025 Digital Defense Report.

Here are the resources on the stories:

• Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/cybersecurity/microsoft-digital-defense-report-2025/
• Screenshot.jpg (When They Got Hacked) by John Hammond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h-bCHVFOs4

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