To help protect and inform customers, Microsoft highlights protection coverage across the Microsoft Defender security ...

Microsoft has started public testing of 'Administrator Protection' in Windows 11, a new security feature that requires Windows Hello for admin tasks.

Microsoft requires you to log in with an online account for Windows 10 and 11, even in the Home versions. However, this can ...

Microsoft has announced a significant change to its authentication strategy by removing password management features from the Microsoft Authenticator app, as part of its broader move toward ...

Microsoft is removing password management from its Authenticator app by August 2025, moving the feature to Edge and ...

Microsoft is ending password autofill in Authenticator by July 2025. Users must export credentials or switch to Edge before stored data is wiped.

If you use Microsoft Authenticator or know people who do, here's a good heads-up. Keeping with the plan to discontinue Authenticator's password functionality in a bid to transition to passkeys, the ...

Nearly 1 in 4 of us use the same password for multiple accounts. One company is getting rid of that risk altogether. Here's ...

In a blog post, Microsoft revealed that it will now auto-detect the safest login method attached to user accounts and present it to users trying to log in.

Now when a new Microsoft user attempts to enter a password and set up a "one time code" on their account, the company will prompt them to sign in with the code instead of the password and then ...

Microsoft has announced that all new Microsoft accounts will be "passwordless by default" to secure them against password attacks such as phishing, brute force, and credential stuffing.