Federal agencies have until June 1, 2026, to patch a critical authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks’ GlobalProtect VPN, and the clock started ticking on May 29. That is a three-day remediation ...

Microsoft is phasing out SMS as an authentication method. SMS messages are unencrypted and vulnerable to hackers. Microsoft account owners will be prompted to set up a passkey instead. When trying to ...

Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A big-budget blockbuster World Cup ad from a footwear giant features a laundry list of star players, celebrities, and a storyline that revolves around a big ...

A major U.S. Postal Service union is launching a national TV ad campaign promoting voting by mail, stepping into a politically charged debate as skepticism about mail-in ballots has been raised by ...

Amazon is almost doubling the price of its ad-free Prime Video subscription, increasing the fee in the United States by $2 a month, the tech giant announced March 13. According to Amazon, the cost of ...

Passwords alone are no longer enough to keep accounts safe. Data leaks, phishing attacks, and automated login attempts make even strong passwords vulnerable. Two-factor authentication (2FA) adds an ...

If you’ve spent the past week desperately prompting ChatGPT in the hopes that it would serve you an ad, you’re not alone. On Monday, OpenAI announced that it’s now testing ads in ChatGPT within the US ...

Authentication: the process used to prove an identity to a service. In this context it is how a client (user or application) proves who it is to SharePoint Online. Legacy authentication: older sign‑in ...

Microsoft released KB5077793 to fix Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication failures. January 2026 security update KB5073379 caused credential prompt failures across multiple Windows ...

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Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...