With phishing and AI-driven identity attacks rising, Windows Hello PIN security depends on TPM-backed keys, enterprise enrollment, and access policies.

Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty Windows update. This time, it is connection and authentication failures in Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 related to the Windows App.… The ...

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 ...

Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

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 ...

Microsoft and Google accelerate passwordless workplace authentication with expanded passkey and FIDO2 security key support.

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 ...

Starting September 1, 2026, passkeys will become the default authentication experience in Microsoft Entra. Read more about ...