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Microsoft announced that Windows users can now log into their Microsoft consumer accounts using a passkey, allowing users to authenticate using password-less methods such as Windows Hello, FIDO2 security keys, biometric data, or device PINs.Microsoft "Consumer accounts" refer to personal accounts for accessing Microsoft services and products such as Windows, Office, 365, Outlook, One Drive, Copilot, and Xbox Live.
Google has drastically increased the rewards bug hunters can get for reporting vulnerabilities in Android apps it develops and maintains. "We increased reward amounts by up to 10x in some categories," Google information security engineer Kristoffer Blasiak has pointed out.
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks looms more significant than ever. As these cyber threats grow in sophistication,...
Threat actors have been increasingly weaponizing Microsoft Graph API for malicious purposes with the aim of evading detection. This is done to "facilitate communications with command-and-control...
Since 2013, the first Thursday in May is marked as World Password Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the need for using strong, unique passwords to secure out digital lives. As the FIDO Alliance noted today, World Password Day may soon need a rebrand: according to its most recent survey, 22% of respondents enabled passkeys on every account, and 61% of people familiar with passkeys say they are more convenient than passwords.
The Polish Embassy has posted a series of short interview segments with Marian Rejewski, the first person to crack the Enigma. Like many cryptographers that come eventually to public attention Marian Rejewski had an interesting life.
SaaS applications are dominating the corporate landscape. Their increased use enables organizations to push the boundaries of technology and business. At the same time, these applications also...
The U.S. government on Thursday published a new cybersecurity advisory warning of North Korean threat actors' attempts to send emails in a manner that makes them appear like they are from...
With help from Steve Statler, the chief marketing officer at IoT technology provider Wiliot, TechRepublic has identified the top four trends emerging in IoT that U.K. businesses should be aware of: the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act, narrowband IoT, AI-augmented IoT and new memory technologies. The following year, the IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act, which came into force in the U.S., prohibits agencies from using IoT devices that don't comply with standards set by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Google on Thursday announced that passkeys are being used by over 400 million Google accounts, authenticating users more than 1 billion times over the past two years. "Passkeys are easy to use and...