Microsoft has warned about a Windows authentication change next month, and if admins don't act in time, logins in some environments could suddenly start failing.

Emergency out-of-band patches from Microsoft and Oracle signal underlying security issues around update cycles and patching, ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the March KB5079473 update breaks Microsoft account sign-ins in Teams, OneDrive, Edge, and other ...

Bitwarden Brings Passkey Logins to Windows 11, Expanding Passwordless Sign-Ins Your email has been sent Password manager Bitwarden has introduced support for passkey-based sign-ins on Windows 11, ...

Authentication sits at the heart of enterprise security, making passwords and the authentication mechanisms that use them, prime targets for cybercriminals. For more than 90% of organizations that use ...

Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks.

Windows 11 hit the milestone in the recent holiday quarter. Windows 11 hit the milestone in the recent holiday quarter. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things ...

Microsoft released KB5077793 to fix Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication failures. January 2026 security update KB5073379 caused credential prompt failures across multiple Windows ...

Microsoft is officially moving to shut the door on RC4 - a legacy cryptographic cipher that has quietly persisted inside Windows authentication environments for decades - and forcing organizations to ...

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...

Configuring an SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) server on Windows Server is a common task for system administrators who need to enable applications or websites to send email messages. Unlike a ...

Legacy authentication refers to older ways of logging in, such as POP3, IMAP, and old versions of Exchange ActiveSync. These methods are similar to a friend who still uses a flip phone; they can ...