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A fake Microsoft Authenticator extension appeared in the Chrome Web Store. The extension was available for almost a month before it was taken down. The fake extension prompted people to fill out information on a Polish webpage. Microsoft Authenticator is a great tool to improve the security of your accounts with two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, scammers tried to utilize the good name of Microsoft Authenticator to trick people into sharing personal information. Recently, a fake Microsof...

Guess theyll let anyone in here Katyanna Quach Wed 19 May 2021 // 07:02 UTC Share Copy The trustworthiness of Googles Chrome Store was again called into question after an extension billing itself as Microsoft Authenticator was published by the software souk without the simplest of checks. The legit Microsoft Authenticator generates one-time codes for multi-factor authentication, and lately gained password-manager-like features. However, it’s only available as a smartph...

Microsoft has added identity and access management capabilities employing GPS among other factors to its Azure Active Directory, a cloud identity solution, to counter sophisticated hacking techniques. Two-factor authentication is no longer sufficient to defend against malicious entry. The GPS-based named locations and filters look at a range of signals for authorized user access. “People are very focused on taking advantage of identity, it’s become a classic: hackers don’t break in, they ...

We break down the five most important things that you need to know about the Government Gateway system and how best to use it.

Huawei recently released its third foldable phone in China, taking some ideas from Samsung and carving some of its own. Despite its ingenious design, the Mate X2 still has lessons to learn.

All the talk that passwords could one day go away seemed too good to be true, yet the scales are finally started to tip to a passwordless reality. ...

Will Vote-by-App Ever Be Safe? Even with strong security measures, Internet voting is still vulnerable to abuse from state-sponsored actors and malicious insiders. The push for online voting has been happening for years, but now that a major pandemic has hit the US, there is more incentive than ever for states and counties to try out online and mobile voting services. This summer, Delaware and West Virginia will allow online voting in their primaries, and New Jersey is also testing it in a mun...

Beef Up Your Security Leaks and hacks we’ve read about in recent years make it clear that passwords alone aren’t enough to protect your online bank account or social media accounts. Two-factor authentication (2FA or MFA, for multifactor authentication) adds another layer of protection, and PCMag writers frequently exhort our audience to use it. Authenticator apps, such as Authy, Google Authenticator, or Microsoft Authenticator, enable one of the more-secure forms of 2FA. What Is Two-Factor...

Macworld iOS 15 wishlist: 10 ways Apple can make our iPhones better iOS 14 was great, but a lot more needs to be done. body> Last years iOS 14 release was one of the best iPhone updates yet. Apple didnt necessarily deliver everything on our wishlist from last spring, but it made big strides on a surprising number of them. Looking forward to iOS 15, we still want Apple to tackle some of our evergreen complaints (Siri), but the addition of big changes like the App Library and home screen ...

06 April 2021 16:54 GMT  AU10TIX, a leader in automated identity verification, today announced that it is partnering with Microsoft for the rollout of Microsoft Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) verifiable credentials, now in public preview, to help improve verifiability and secure information exchange. The integration brings AU10TIXs four decades of identity verification automation to Azure Active Directory, for managing identities, based on wide variety of attributes, such as documents, bio...