Windows 11's latest security update expands Enhanced Sign-in Security to external fingerprint readers. Here's what it ...

Microsoft is investigating a known issue causing authentication failures for some Windows services after installing updates released during the May 2022 Patch Tuesday. This comes after Windows admins ...

Microsoft is now testing WebAuthn API updates that add support for using third-party passkey providers for Windows 11 passwordless authentication. Passkeys use biometric authentication, such as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Hot on the heels of the NSA publishing a “high-risk of ...

Microsoft has made an important change in recent Windows 11 Pro Insider Preview builds by disabling SMB guest authentication fallbacks by default. This has been done to improve the security of the OS.

Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday update is triggering authentication errors. Microsoft is alerting customers that its May Patch Tuesday update is causing authentications errors and failures tied to ...

It’s time to stop relying on the insecure authentication protocol built into Windows. Microsoft is making it easier to switch to secure modern options. NTLM is a simple and straightforward ...

Microsoft has enabled a preview feature by default in the latest Windows 11 Dev Channel build 25206. It is related to improving the security of SMB NTLM authentication and reducing attack surfaces.