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Microsoft Authenticator Now Blocks Suspicious MFA Notifications

Microsoft has recently introduced a new feature in its Authenticator app, designed to enhance user security and combat MFA fatigue attacks. The new security configuration was rolled out in September, allowing users to suppress pop-up notifications for potentially suspicious login requests. Previously, users who attempted to log into an account or a service would receive...

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Microsoft Authenticator Enables Number Matching By Default to Block MFA Fatigue Attacks

Last year, Microsoft released support for number matching in push notifications for its Microsoft Authenticator app. Starting today, the number matching feature will become the default experience for all Authenticator users worldwide. Microsoft’s Authenticator app’s number matching feature requires users to type the number displayed on the sign-in screen to approve access requests. It helps…

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Microsoft Authenticator for iOS Gets FIPS 140 Compliance to Support U.S. Federal Agencies

Microsoft has announced that its Authenticator app for iOS is now compliant with the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS 140) security standard. The company says FIPS 140 compliance support is available for customers running Microsoft Authenticator version 6.68 and higher on iOS devices. Microsoft Authenticator is a popular two-factor authentication solution that helps users to secure…

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Stop MFA Fatigue with Additional Context and Number Matching for Microsoft Authenticator

Last week, Uber confirmed a major cybersecurity attack that compromised its internal communications and engineering systems. The company believes that someone affiliated with the hacking group Lapsus$ leveraged the MFA fatigue attack technique to compromise an Uber employee account. According to the New York Times, the hackers social engineered the company’s worker after discovering his…

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Microsoft Authenticator Now Lets Users Generate Strong Passwords

Last Update: May 09, 2022

Microsoft has released a new update for its Authenticator app that allows users to generate strong and unique passwords. The new password generation feature started rolling out last month, and it’s now generally available for all customers. Microsoft highlights that the Authenticator app uses an “enterprise-grade password generation algorithm” to generate all new passwords. The…

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