Tag Archives: Password

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google Chrome on Android will let you require biometric authentication before autofilling passwords, adding a much-needed layer of security. This feature closes a loophole, as the existing biometric protection for autofill in Google Password Manager currently only applies to apps, not the browser. A newly discovered setting explicitly states this protection is “coming soon …

FBI updates Scattered Spider warning — do not reset your password. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Scattered Spider is the somewhat too cutesy name applied to one of the most dangerous threats facing organizations today. The ransomware threat actors behind devastating attacks on retail and aviation targets, among others, show no signs of going away. The Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Change your Gmail password now — Google warns users. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Update, July 30, 2025: This story, originally published on July 28, has been updated with confirmation of a second Google security update: Gmail passkey and Device Bound Session Credentials announcements are now joined by Project Zero reporting transparency changes. It’s official: Google accounts are under attack, …

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 passwords will be inaccessible starting Aug. 1 unless you have the Edge browser. Why? Because Microsoft is moving its signature sign-in app to a digital authentication method …

NEW YORK — 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 passwords will be deleted on Aug. 1. Yes, you read right, your passwords will be DELETED this Friday. Why? Because Microsoft is moving its signature sign-in app to …

Unsaved Microsoft Authenticator passwords will be deletd on August 1. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Passwords: You can’t live without them, despite the advance of passkey technology, but unless you act before August 1, the passwords you have generated using Microsoft’s Authenticator app will be deleted. Yes, deleted. This should not come as a surprise, not least as Microsoft has …