Back in 2022, Microsoft announced the retirement of Basic Authentication as it was moving to modern OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication. The reason was simple, to move away from such simple ...

Microsoft recommends enabling multi-factor authentication for Office 365. To do so, you must also disable basic or legacy authentication on Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft recently announced that ...

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Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative is kicking in for Outlook.com, with higher levels of security that may impact third-party apps. Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative is kicking in for Outlook.com, ...

In 2017, we saw a new influx of spectacular and devastating breaches. Somewhat lost in the chaos was a surprising trend amongst them -- a sharp escalation in attackers utilizing stolen, valid ...