Passwordless Authentication
The latest Passwordless Authentication coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Black Hat Demo Shows Local Admins Hijacking Windows Hello Biometrics, Forcing Identity Reckoning
Security researchers from ERNW, Dr. Baptiste David and Tillmann Osswald, took the stage at Black Hat to demonstrate a practical, low-noise attack against Windows Hello for Business. Dubbed...
Windows 11 Gets a Sign-In Facelift and Power User Shortcuts in Latest Previews
Microsoft has shipped two new Insider preview builds—22635.4440 in the Beta Channel and 27754 in the Canary Channel—that overhaul the Windows Hello sign-in experience, tidy up the taskbar, and...
Edge Canary Flags Reveal Microsoft's Plan to Sync Passkeys Across Devices via Microsoft Account
Microsoft has begun testing a significant upgrade to Edge that would allow the browser to sync passkeys across devices, signaling a major step toward a passwordless future. The latest Canary builds...
Microsoft’s TPM 2.0 Mandate Is Non-Negotiable: Higher Education’s Multi-Million Ransomware Lesson
Microsoft has declared its TPM 2.0 hardware requirement for Windows 11 “non-negotiable,” closing the door on any hopes that the company might lower security standards to ease the transition from...
Entra ID Anchors 2025 Windows SSO as Passkeys Rise and Pricing Models Diverge
Enterprise SSO buyers navigating Windows identity for 2025 are facing a landscape where Microsoft Entra ID cements its role as the central policy engine, phishing-resistant passkeys become the...
SendQuick Conexa Claims FIDO2 Server Certification, Paving the Way for Phishing-Resistant Windows Sign-Ins
SendQuick's Conexa authentication platform has achieved FIDO2 server certification from the FIDO Alliance, the company announced, positioning the multi-factor authentication platform as a...
HID’s New EPM and Crescendo Keys Take Aim at Passkey Deployment Headaches
HID Global is tackling the last mile of enterprise passkey adoption head-on with a new management service and refreshed hardware line. On August 5, the company unveiled Enterprise Passkey Management...
HID Launches Next-Gen FIDO2 Keys, Cards, and Centralized Passkey Management as Passwordless Deployments Top 87%
Almost nine in ten enterprises have already started rolling out passkeys, but complexity and cost still hold back full-scale deployments. HID aims to smash those last barriers with a new wave of...
Microsoft Passkeys: Leading the Future of Secure, Passwordless Authentication
As technology evolves, the quest for both seamless user experience and robust security in digital authentication has intensified. With attacks on traditional password systems growing ever more...
Microsoft 365 Disaster Recovery in 2025: Why Identity Security and Zero Trust Are Critical
Microsoft 365 is often viewed as the backbone of cloud collaboration and productivity, with a reputation for robust disaster recovery rooted in state-of-the-art backups and resilient infrastructure....
Strengthening Disaster Resilience in Microsoft 365 through Identity-Centric Security
In today’s ever-expanding cloud landscape, disaster resilience is a defining concern for organizations that rely on Microsoft 365 (M365) and the broader Microsoft cloud ecosystem. Despite...
Identity-Centric Disaster Recovery Strategies for Microsoft 365 in the Cloud Era
Disaster recovery in the age of cloud computing is no longer just about infrastructure redundancy or robust backup solutions. As organizations steadily migrate more of their business-critical...