In this digital age where most of our identities are linked to online services and social media platforms, the matter of security has gotten increasingly more ...

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Learn more. For ...

Microsoft has announced changes to its Authenticator app. According to the company's support documentation, the autofill for passwords in the Authenticator app will stop working in July 2025. From ...

As previously announced, Microsoft has dropped support for the Microsoft Authenticator app on Apple Watch. The company blamed this decision on watchOS being “incompatible with Authenticator security ...

2FA, or two-factor authentication, is a type of MFA (multi-factor authentication) that uses two factors to verify your identity at the time of login. While one of these factors is almost always the ...

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a public preview of a new "Authenticator Lite" solution for Outlook Mobile apps. While Microsoft described Authenticator Lite as being a public preview release, not all ...

Microsoft is asking users of the Authenticator app to back up all their saved passwords immediately. This comes after the company announced plans to phase out the app’s password management ...

Your Microsoft or non-Microsoft-related accounts include content that’s important to you. So, finding yourself suddenly locked can be incredibly frustrating. Even more so when the account has your ...

If you use the Microsoft Authenticator app on your Apple Watch, be prepared to look for an alternative starting January 2023. Yet another companion app is leaving the Apple Watch, and this time it's ...

Microsoft recently unveiled a new security feature in line with the first-anniversary celebration of the Autofill tool. The company's Authenticator app receives a useful feature in creating strong ...

Microsoft Authenticator is no longer available on the Apple Watch following an update to the app released on the App Store today. "This update removes Microsoft Authenticator from Apple Watch," reads ...