Microsoft to disable NTLM by default in future Windows releases

Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases ...

Windows App forgets how to log in with first security update of the year

January patch trips up Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365 authentication Microsoft has kicked off 2026 with another faulty ...

Microsoft is making Windows more secure, here is how IT admins need to prepare

Microsoft is disabling a legacy component in Windows, calling it a "major evolution in Windows authentication", but IT admins need to make sure that it doesn't break their infrastructure.
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Fix for Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365 Authentication Failures

Microsoft released an out-of-band update Friday to resolve credential authentication failures affecting Azure Virtual Desktop ...

Mandiant Exposes Major Flaw In Outdated Windows Authentication

Mandiant, the Google-owned cybersecurity firm, has publicly released a comprehensive dataset of Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables, ...
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Microsoft wants to eventually disable NTLM authentication in Windows 11Microsoft wants to eventually disable NTLM authentication in Windows 11Microsoft wants to eventually ...

The various versions of Windows have used Kerberos as its main authentication protocol for over 20 years. However, in certain circumstances, the OS has to use another method, NTLM (NT LAN Manager).
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Windows Hello Fingerprint Authentication Isn't As Strong As Microsoft Thought

A group of researchers have proven that Microsoft's Windows Hello fingerprint authentication isn't as strong as the company might have thought. This isn't the first time that we've seen Windows ...

Windows Networks: Google Mandiant Delivers the Coup de Grâce to Microsoft's NTLM

Google provides assistance in cracking NTLM hashes, provoking Microsoft and also admins who are concerned about the security ...