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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What if the very tools you rely on to secure your organization’s data are quietly becoming obsolete? That’s the reality facing businesses as Microsoft prepares to retire its legacy Multi-Factor ...

Just in case the drumbeat to adopt Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) hasn't yet sunk in, a new report from Okta reveals that organizations using Microsoft 365 "Legacy Authentication" (like passwords) ...

The Guardz Research Unit uncovered a coordinated cyber campaign using outdated login methods to bypass MFA and infiltrate cloud environments by attempting to exploit basic authentication protocols The ...