An attacker used stolen sessions to break into Microsoft 365 accounts at 79 organizations, bypassing MFA and setting up ...

The EvilTokens platform that compromised more than 12,000 Microsoft accounts at over 10,000 organizations has been disrupted in an effort led by Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU). The ...

Microsoft said Tuesday that it led an industry-wide disruption of a subscription-based scam platform that used an AI chatbot to compromise 12,000 Microsoft accounts over a few-month span.

Without the ability to sign kernel-level drivers, millions of people using these privacy tools could be left waiting for critical security fixes. Microsoft has now publicly acknowledged the issue, ...

Microsoft is making new Microsoft accounts passwordless by default, the company has announced on Thursday, which marked this year’s World Password Day. “As part of [a recently simplified sign-in user ...

Microsoft Azure Monitor alerts are being abused to send callback phishing emails that impersonate warnings from the Microsoft Security Team about unauthorized charges on your account. Azure Monitor is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A hacked Microsoft account is usually fairly straightforward to fix, and there are measures you can take to keep your account safe ...

In 2025, Microsoft claimed to have the world's "most widely used operating system" with over 1.4 billion active devices per month. This dominant market share means it's a target for many malicious ...

Learn how BitLocker, passkeys, Microsoft Defender, and other Windows 11 security features protect your data, accounts, apps, and devices. Image generated via ChatGPT Windows 11 comes with plenty of ...