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Yubico, Microsoft Accelerate Retirement Plans for Passwords
Adoption and support for two-factor authentication continues to expand, as Yubico and Microsoft introduce new products designed to make passwords a thing of the past.
Windows Task Scheduler Flaw Has Temporary Fix
Windows administrators don't like zero day vulnerabilities. The good news about the new flaw in the TaskScheduler service is that a hotfix, or a micropatch, is available.
Microsoft Targets Fancy Bear Hacking Group
Microsoft has taken over six domains associated with a Russian-backed hacking group known to have targeted U.S. political campaigns and candidates.
Microsoft Fixed Multi-factor Authentication Bypass Flaw
The flaw in Microsoft's Active Directory Federation Services lets an attacker use the same second factor to bypass multi-factor authentication for any account running on the same service. Microsoft has patched the flaw.
Microsoft Adds Support for WebAuthn in Edge
Microsoft Edge now supports the Web Authentication API, allowing users to login to sites without needing a password.