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 ...

Multifactor authentication can improve account and IT system security, protecting data against hackers. Learn how MFA works ...

OAuth grants are the quiet back door of modern SaaS, and as the recent Klue breach showed, attackers are taking notice. This checklist gives you a repeatable way to uncover risky OAuth grants and MCP ...

A phishing-as-a-service framework called BigBear 2.0 has been used to bypass multi-factor authentication at 258 organizations and steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, Dec. 25, 2024: This story, originally published Dec.

If you have a Microsoft account that uses SMS for two-factor authentication, you may soon have to choose a more secure method for logging in. As reported by Windows Latest, the company is ditching ...

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Last time, I wrote about how one layer of security is missing. Today, I'm talking about a state where that layer is only half ...

A vulnerability in Microsoft’s Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) system has left millions of accounts susceptible to unauthorized access. Exploited successfully, the flaw could allow attackers to ...