Microsoft Takes Measures Against Password Spray Attacks

Exchange Online users are warned about the increasing number of password spray attacks that use Microsoft’s Exchange Basic Authentication feature. The warning from Microsoft’s Exchange team comes as the Basic Authentication (Basic Auth), “an outdated industry standard”, is gradually being deprecated for Exchange Online, beginning October 1, 2022. The goal is to implement multi-factor authentication […]

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