Microsoft is finally ripping out one of the weakest links in its identity stack, cutting off a legacy cipher that attackers ...

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Just in case the drumbeat to adopt Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) hasn't yet sunk in, a new report from Okta reveals that organizations using Microsoft 365 "Legacy Authentication" (like passwords) ...

Sixty percent of respondents hit by an authentication-related cyberattack in the last 12 months agreed that they could have avoided it with a passwordless system. shw Authentication-related attacks ...