Update 5/20: Microsoft now considers these authentication problems to be resolved, having released “out-of-band” updates on May 19, as described here. Microsoft this week acknowledged possible ...

Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

Microsoft has officially deprecated NTLM authentication on Windows and Windows servers, stating that developers should transition to Kerberos or Negotiation authentication to prevent problems in the ...

LAN Manager Authentication Level lets you set the authentication protocol for network logons. You can change the LAN Manager authentication level using the Local Group Policy Editor and the Registry ...

A fix introduced into Windows last month to close a weakness in Kerberos authentication is causing logon failures for some Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) users, Microsoft has warned. In theory, the ...

The default settings for Windows 10 strongly encourage you to sign in with a Microsoft account. Although it's easy enough to switch to a local account, there are good reasons for connecting that ...

Authentication issues in Windows Server after April updates Logon failures for WHfB and Device Public Key Authentication Workaround available, Microsoft working on permanent fix for impacted Windows ...

Attackers can steal user credentials by enabling credential caching in the Windows authentication protocol WDigest. Here's how to stop them. Once attackers get into a system, they often want to ...

Increasingly, whether due to regulatory requirements or a basic recognition that static passwords just don’t provide adequate security, organizations are ...