Microsoft is phasing out SMS 2FA for personal accounts as it pushes users toward passkeys and other passwordless sign-in methods. Here’s what users should know.

Microsoft and major cloud providers are starting to take steps to move their business customers toward more secure forms of authentication and the elimination of basic security weaknesses — such as ...

A vulnerability in Microsoft’s multifactor authentication (MFA) system has been uncovered by cybersecurity firm Oasis Security, allowing attackers to bypass security measures and access sensitive data ...

Microsoft ended support for password master in Edge on June 4, 2026, in favour of Windows Hello.

Microsoft is joining the two-factor authentication ranks, adding support for this security mechanism across its products and services accessible via a Microsoft Account. Mary Jo Foley has covered the ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since August 29, 2025, are breaking authentication on systems sharing Security Identifiers. Windows uses unique alphanumeric strings known as ...

On September 28 and September 29 this week, a number of Microsoft customers worldwide were impacted by a cascading series of problems resulting in many being unable to access their Microsoft apps and ...

Almost every compromised Microsoft account lacks multi-factor authentication, but few organizations enable it even though it's available, according to Microsoft. In the tech giant's new Cyber Signals ...

Microsoft's AI assistant Copilot went down Thursday afternoon for the second significant time this month, disrupting enterprise workflows across North America and Europe — and landing the company in ...