The Azure Active Directory (AD) Password Protection feature which blocks commonly used and compromised passwords to dramatically reduce the risks raised by password spray attacks is now generally ...

Microsoft this week announced the previews of two password security capabilities for organizations using the Azure Active Directory service or Windows Server Active Directory. One of previews is Azure ...

Organizations using Microsoft's Azure Active Directory or Windows Server Active Directory service can now test drive two new two password security capabilities. The two capabilities, announced this ...

Microsoft has released the public preview of a new Azure Active Directory tool that will help admins kill off bad passwords in the enterprise. The tool, called Azure AD Password Protection, offers a ...

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Microsoft has improved password spray detection in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) by doubling the number of compromised accounts it detects using a new machine learning (ML) system. "This new ...

The design of the Microsoft's Windows Azure Guest Agent could let hackers steal plaintext administrator passwords from target machines, researchers at Guardicore reported this week. If abused, the ...

At its annual Ignite 2020 conference, Microsoft has announced new features that extend its threat protection portfolio. The company is unifying solutions across Microsoft 365 security and Azure ...

Gone are the days when a good firewall was key to keeping attackers out of a network. Azure Active Directory users need to know the new weak spots in identity authentication and protection and how to ...

Imagine having unlimited attempts to guess someone’s username and password without getting caught. That would make an ideal scenario for a stealthy threat actor—leaving server admins with little to no ...