Microsoft announced that it will disable the 30-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in upcoming Windows releases due to security vulnerabilities that expose organizations to cyberattacks.

Microsoft is beginning a phased process to disable NTLM, the decades-old, weak authentication protocol, by default in future ...

February 2026 Patch Tuesday restricts Windows credential autofill to fix a Windows Hello input injection flaw (CVE-2026-20804).

Finally, with Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft is taking a definitive step to eliminate an historical security weakness: NTLM v1 is being completely removed! It was already disabled ...

Cyber Security News In order to prioritise more secure Kerberos-based authentication and due to security flaws that leave ...

Microsoft has blocked credential autofill on Windows 11 to address CVE-2026-20804, a Windows Hello vulnerability allowing biometric injection attacks.

Microsoft will disable NTLM support in upcoming Windows releases and enhance Kerberos and Windows authentication to reduce ...

Future Windows updates will disable NTLM authentication, bolstering security and protecting users against legacy protocol ...

Microsoft has announced plans to disable the 33-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in future Windows releases ...