Passwords are the worst. They can be cracked, forced open in attacked, guessed, reused, sold in data breaches, created with weak practices and stored poorly even when the best password managers are ...

Starting in July, Microsoft will begin gradually enforcing multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all users signing into Azure to administer resources. After first completing the rollout for the Azure ...

Microsoft's public cloud computing platform, Azure, was recently targeted by a cyberattack that led to a multi-hour outage. While a newly announced mandatory two-factor authentication login ...

When Microsoft acquired PhoneFactor last fall, the handwriting was on the wall for the future of two-factor authentication for the company’s consumer cloud offerings. Now it appears that handwriting ...

If you haven’t seen your data exposed in a major data breach within the last five years alone, you haven’t been paying attention. Billions of people worldwide have lost their data many times over. 26 ...

Update, Dec. 14, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 13 now includes a statement from Microsoft about the 2FA bypass vulnerability and the impact it has observed on users. Security researchers ...

Starting in October, Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions to protect Azure clients from unauthorized access attempts. This change is part ...

You’ve probably noticed a requirement to enter a temporary passcode sent through email or text message after giving your password to log into one of your online ...