Microsoft announced this week that Microsoft Authenticator, its authentication application for Android and iOS mobile devices, can now generate strong passwords. Microsoft Authenticator can generate ...

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 important. This is why most services that ...

ZDNET's key takeaways Passkeys are on a course to replace most passwords.Using passkeys involves a delicate balance of multiple technologies.The "authenticator" is one of those, and it comes ...

Leave it to Microsoft to make something as simple as a two-factor authentication (2FA) app as complicated as possible. Thankfully, Microsoft is cleaning up its hodge-podge of authenticator apps that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re a Microsoft Authenticator user, like me, you’ve probably received at least one notice that the app’s password management features are no longer usable and that your stored ...

Those of you who use Microsoft Authenticator as a password manager will have to find another option, and soon. That's because an upcoming change will pull the plug on the ability to use the ...

Aegis Authenticator is open source with a public codebase. With closed-source options like Google or Microsoft Authenticator, ...

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 ...

Microsoft is a prolific supporter of using passkeys over passwords. Authenticator will no longer save your passwords. But Authenticator can't be your comprehensive passkey manager. The Edge browser ...