Microsoft recommends users to abandon traditional passwords and use password management tools.
3 min readMicrosoft recommends users to abandon traditional passwords and use password management tools.
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Microsoft recommends users to abandon traditional passwords and use password management tools.
In an official blog post released recently , Microsoft detailed a variety of ways to protect accounts and data, including Windows Hello and installing and using Microsoft Authenticator.
“Weak passwords are often the weak point in a hacker’s external intrusion,” said Vasu Jakkal, vice president of corporate security and compliance at Microsoft. “Using and reusing simple passwords across different accounts may make our online lives easier, but it also Open the door to hackers.”
“Attackers frequently scroll through social media accounts, looking for birthdays, vacation spots, pet names, and other personal information they know people use to create easy-to-remember passwords,” the blog post said.
A recent study found that 68 percent of people Different accounts use the same password.
For example, once a password and email combination is compromised, it is often sold on the dark web for additional attacks.”
Jakkal recommends that users use passwords that contain at least 12 characters and use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.
The password used by the user should not be a word found in a dictionary and must be completely different from other passwords.
This is why a password manager is totally recommended.
Jakkal continued: “As part of a historic collaboration, the FIDO Alliance, Microsoft , Apple and Google have announced plans to expand support for the Universal Passwordless Login standard.
These multi-device FIDO credentials, commonly referred to as keys, provide users with a way to Platform-native way to securely and quickly log into any of its devices without a password.
Phishing and access is virtually impossible on all your devices, and the key lets you authenticate with just your face, fingerprint or device PIN Log in”.
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