in the recently released official blog post , Microsoft introduced in detail various methods to protect accounts and data, including windows hello and installing Microsoft authenticator. Vasu jakkal, vice president of security and compliance at Microsoft, said: "weak passwords are usually the weak point in the external intrusion of hackers. Using and reusing simple passwords in different accounts may make our online life easier, but it also opens the door to hackers.".
"Attackers often scroll through social media accounts to find birthdays, resorts, pet names and other personal information that they know people use to create easy to remember passwords. A recent study found that 68% of people use the same password for different accounts. For example, once the password and e-mail combination is leaked, it is usually sold on the dark Internet for additional attacks," he wrote in his blog post.
Jakkal recommends that the password used by users should contain at least 12 characters and use a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols. The password used by the user should not be a word that can be found in the dictionary, and must be completely different from other passwords. This is why the password manager is fully recommended.
Jakkal continued: "as part of the historic cooperation, Fido alliance, Microsoft, Apple And Google have announced plans to expand support for the universal password free login standard. These multi device Fido credentials, commonly referred to as keys, provide users with a platform native way to safely and quickly log in to any of their devices without a password. Phishing and access are virtually impossible on all your devices, and the key allows you to log in simply by authenticating with your face, fingerprint or device pin. ".