Microsoft adds HMAC protection to CLFS in Windows 11 25H2 and Server 2025, improving security while increasing disk and I/O overhead.

1 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Integrated Administration Technologies for Information Security, School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 2 National Key Laboratory of ...

HMAC stands for Hash-Based Message Authentication Code. It is a security mechanism used to verify the integrity and authenticity of a message exchanged between a client and a server.

Microsoft has expanded its authentication options in Microsoft Entra ID with two new methods currently in public preview: SMS-based authentication and QR code authentication, both aimed at simplifying ...

We've probably all received confirmation codes sent via text message when trying to sign into an account. Those codes are supposed to serve as two-factor authentication to confirm our identity and ...

A major security incident has come to light involving the exposure of one million two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, revealing vulnerabilities in the authentication system widely used by major ...

Microsoft on Tuesday released security patches covering at least 70 vulnerabilities across the Windows OS and software stack and called urgent attention to five zero-days marked in the “exploitation ...

Microsoft has released its April 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, addressing 134 security vulnerabilities across its products. Among the most critical fixes is the resolution of an actively exploited ...

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