The mega-company is clamping down on security in the face of escalating cyber attacks targeting facial biometric ...

Microsoft will take a phased approach to its requirement that all Azure users adopt multi-factor authentication, starting with Azure portal, Microsoft Entra administration center and Intune admin ...

The authentication methods offered by the Azure platform include mobile app push notifications, biometrics, one-time passcodes or passkeys using Microsoft Authenticator. FIDO2 security keys ...

The issue was not reported to be impacting other critical Microsoft services like its Azure cloud service ... an app like the Microsoft or Google authenticator app.