Microsoft has called on users to stop using phone-based multi-factor authentication (MFA). Instead, the world-renowned software developer has requested the use of app-based multi-factor authentication.
The security alert came from Alex Weinert, Microsoft’s director of identity security. He spoke in support of the US Alliance but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer. .Of the total number of automated cyber attacks targeting Microsoft accounts last year, 99.9 percent were accounted for running phone-based multi-factor authentication.
Multi-factor authentication means enforcing multiple security steps when logging in to an ID or account. The first step is to enter the correct ID-password, then the second step is to verify the validity of the user by sending a verification code to the mobile number via SMS or voice call. This is a phone-based multi-factor authentication method. In the second step, the validity of the alternative method can also be verified. Microsoft has focused on this place.
