Use MFA

Following Monday’s post about Microsoft stopping basic authentication for personal accounts, in favour of MFA/token based security, here is a reminder why organisations need to enforce MFA: Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA (bleepingcomputer.com) No excuses, that includes your very busy CEO and Josephine in accounts who has …

Not business cyber security but important…

Microsoft has announced that of 16 September 2024, basic authentication (using an email address + password) will no longer be an option for personal Microsoft accounts, i.e. Outlook.com, Hotmail.co.uk and Live.com. Microsoft: New Outlook security changes coming to personal accounts (bleepingcomputer.com) To access these accounts users will need to set …