Microsoft is ending SMS login codes for personal accounts and replacing them with passkeys, authenticator apps, and backup ...

An important and serious security flaw in Microsoft's Authenticator has now been discovered to allow hackers to steal sign-in ...

Microsoft Authenticator to stop saving new passwords June 1. Update, May 4, 2025: This story, originally published May 2, has been updated with further information on the use of passkeys by Microsoft, ...

Microsoft is pulling the plug on SMS-based two-factor authentication because it has become a leading source of fraud, replacing it with passkeys and verified email.

The Microsoft Authenticator app is now issuing notifications warning that the password autofill feature is being deprecated in July, suggesting users move to Microsoft Edge instead. Microsoft ...

A vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android and iOS could expose login codes to malicious apps on the same device. Microsoft has released a patch. A newly discovered vulnerability in ...

Microsoft is updating its Authenticator app to be even more "phishing-resistant," Microsoft announced Tuesday. Organizations use Authenticator to implement multifactor authentication (MFA) on iOS and ...

Microsoft is moving personal account users away from SMS verification codes and toward passkeys, the Microsoft Authenticator app, and verified email addresses for sign-in and account recovery. The ...

That’s because, due to an issue involving which fields it uses, Microsoft Authenticator often overwrites accounts when a user adds a new account via QR scan — the most common method of doing so. But ...

Learn how to disable Microsoft's default requirement for its Authenticator app in Microsoft 365 and regain control over your organization's multifactor authentication settings. Although Microsoft has ...

Microsoft’s security app is dropping password management soon, so you’ll need to move them somewhere else or access them using Edge. Microsoft’s security app is dropping password management soon, so ...