Published on: 2025-07-15 12:38:54
Tom Kelley/Getty Images These days, I'm very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and even Albania. At least, that's what it looks like based on this list of recent attempts to sign in to my Microsoft account: What these attackers don't know is that every password is incorrect for this passwordless account. Screenshot by Ed Bott/ZDNET If you're curious about who's trying to sign in to your Microsoft account, go to this management page: https://account.microsoft.com. After
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-27 16:14:58
Microsoft says it’s making passwordless logins the default means for signing in to new accounts, as the company helps drive an industry-wide push to transition away from passwords and the costly security problems they have created for companies and their users. A key part of the “passwordless by default” initiative Microsoft announced on Thursday is encouraging the use of passkeys—the new alternative to passwords that Microsoft, Google, Apple, and a large roster of other companies are developin
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-07-29 10:21:24
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. The announcement comes after the company started rolling out updated sign-in and sign-up user experience (UX) flows for web and mobile apps in March, optimized for passwordless and passkey-first authentication. "As part of this simplified UX, we're changing the default behavior for new accounts. Brand new Micro
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