Legacy authentication office 3655/2/2023 ![]() DID YOU KNOW:Įven though 91% of people know reusing passwords is poor practice, 59% reuse their passwords everywhere – at home and at work. This attack works because so many people use the same passwords on multiple sites. Cyber-criminals sell these lists to the highest bidders. Ever hear on the news about data breaches with millions of accounts compromised? This is one of the things that happens to that breached data. This type of attack uses stolen lists of millions of usernames, email addresses, and passwords. ![]() More than 97% of credential stuffing attacks use legacy authentication. Most people will never change their passwords from the default one unless the IT department mandates it. In a spray attack, an attacker will brute-force logins from a list of usernames that still use the default passwords to log into a certain app or website. More than 99% of password spray attacks use legacy authentication. Here are two of the attacks you should know about. But Basic Authentication is showing its age and is vulnerable to some well-known but effective attacks. That sounds drastic! Why end Basic Authentication? Don’t we need that? Well, for starters, you won’t be able to log in. ![]() How will it affect us if we don’t update? What does that mean for your company’s security? What’s replacing it? How do I prepare? We’ll answer all of these questions for you and keep it non-techie. Microsoft has announced an official end of its Basic Authentication for Exchange Online in all Microsoft Office 365 Tenants beginning October 1 st. ![]()
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