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Microsoft Biometrics News
Passkeys from 1Password ready to join star supporters on red carpet
The world of biometric authentication is not standard stomping ground for celebrities, unless you count deepfakes. But some big names…
| Nov 5, 2025 | Passkeys mature to occupy critical role in authentication for digital ID systemsThe passkey tipping point may be fast approaching. As the anointed successor to passwords, passkeys are seeing increased support from… |
| Oct 31, 2025 | NYPD faces federal lawsuit over alleged unconstitutional citywide surveillanceA new federal lawsuit accuses the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of operating an unconstitutional mass surveillance system that… |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Discord partner’s manual age verification data breach includes selfiesThe breach of thousands of Discord users’ data appears to be worse than initially reported, as details of the age… |
| Sep 15, 2025 | Coordinated Australian digital ID, infrastructure strategy could deliver major savingsDigital ID could generate massive savings for Australia’s taxpayers, according to a former state government minister, but delivering on digital… |
| Aug 27, 2025 | Microsoft introduces ZKPs with unlinkability to preserve digital ID privacyMicrosoft has introduced Crescent, its cryptographic privacy library to address the growing privacy challenge posed by digital identities. Electronic credentials… |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Voice cloning tools give rise to cacophony of impersonation fraudIn the Hunger Games franchise, engineered mutant birds called jabberjays drive people to madness by mimicking the voices of their… |
| Aug 8, 2025 | Security researchers find biometrics vulnerability in Windows Hello for BusinessOrganizations are increasingly turning to biometrics to secure their corporate networks and assets, but German cybersecurity researchers have found what… |
| Jul 22, 2025 | New Microsoft benchmark for evaluating deepfake detection prioritizes breadthJuan M. Lavista Ferres, corporate vice president and chief data scientist at Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab, has announced the… |
| Jul 3, 2025 | Video games need age assurance; k-ID and Microsoft offer good models: WEFIt is, in some sense, the elephant in the virtual living room, and definitely not as subject to interrogation as… |
| Jun 19, 2025 | Facebook and its 3 billion users get passkeys, Microsoft deleting passwordsFacebook is introducing passkeys as the social media platform jumps on the passkeys wagon. While Facebook might have fallen out… |
| May 5, 2025 | Microsoft is seeing 1M passkey registrations dailyLast week, global companies marked the inaugural World Passkey Day, which replaced World Password Day to highlight safe authentication through… |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Microsoft introduces new Entra ID feature requiring reauthentication every timeMicrosoft has introduced a new feature for Entra ID that allows administrators to require a fresh user authentication to complete specific… |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Carnegie panel spotlights customization, private sector role in DPI developmentA handful of governments have led the charge to define and popularize the concept of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI), but… |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Microsoft signs up Australian employee screener for biometric liveness detectionMicrosoft face biometrics and liveness detection have been integrated for facial authentication by employee identity verification provider WorkPro. The U.S…. |
| Mar 27, 2025 | Microsoft’s passkeys shift steers over 1B users towards biometricsMicrosoft is rolling out a new sign-in experience — and considering the vast number of Windows users around the world… |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Passkeys see continued pickup by major tech names including Microsoft, AmazonThe long, slow death of the password continues, as major firms standardize stronger authentication measures to become more cyber-resilient and… |
| Feb 28, 2025 | The race for PKC is on with quantum chip launches by AWS, MicrosoftThe topic of protecting sensitive data from quantum systems has grown dramatically in prominence in the digital identity community over… |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Microsoft tweaks security across platforms with MFA, sign-in changeMicrosoft has announced a patch for the critical authentication bypass by spoofing flaw in its Azure AI Face service. MSSP… |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Microsoft releases federated identity credentials for MS EntraMicrosoft wants users of Microsoft Entra to be able to log in to accounts across services without resending secure login… |
Microsoft Industry Insights
Entra Verified ID introduces DIDs and VCs to the Microsoft ecosystem
Microsoft’s new product, Entra Verified ID, introduces Decentralized Identifiers (DIDs) and Verifiable Credentials (VCs) to the Microsoft ecosystem. DIDs are…
| Microsoft aims to kill the password | |
| Intel drops facial recognition from TV set-top box, and why cable needs to ‘get the net’ |
Brand Focus: Microsoft
Identification-as-a-service provides benefits, says MorphoTrak executive
Cloud computing provides many benefits including ease of use, time savings, security, convenience, versatility, and scalability. For these reasons, cloud…
