Multifactor Auth like a boss using YubiKey Part 2

Keepass and YubiKey If you like to know more about using YubiKey in the web and with Microsoft 365 see this link: Keepass and YubiKey can be combined and you can secure your local keepass database with multifactor authentification. How does it work? First you need another keepass addin (KeeChallenge). Also you have to execute …

Multifactor Auth like a boss using YubiKey Part 1

Most of the time, I’m searching for new products and software which makes life easier but has no lack of security. One of this product (in my personal opinion) is YubiKey from Yubico. In this article I’m describing some basic settings and also some use cases for additional authentication with the YubiKey. First we need …

Azure AD Connect V1 retiring – Upgrade NOW!

In september 2021 another big announcement was published by Microsoft. Azure AD Connect Version 1x is retired and will not work anymore in August 2022. So please update your Azure AD Connect Version! On August 31 2022 all old versions of Azure AD Connect Ver. 1.x won’t work. Resulting this announcement there are some consequences. …

New Exchange Security Update January 2022 KB5008631

Today a new exchange update KB5008631 for all supported versions of exchange was released. See the original link to Exchange Team blog:https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/released-january-2022-exchange-server-security-updates/ba-p/3050699 Here are the links to download manually: Exchange Server 2013 CU23 Exchange Server 2016 CU21 and CU22 Exchange Server 2019 CU10 and CU11 They say there are some vulnerabilities but no exploit, so there is not that much pressure to …

Exchange Online and disabling Basic Authentication by Microsoft

Some days ago Microsoft announced the final ending of basic authentication in Exchange Online. Today, we are announcing that, effective October 1, 2022, we will begin to permanently disable Basic Auth in all tenants, regardless of usage, with the exception of SMTP Auth. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/basic-authentication-and-exchange-online-september-2021-update/ba-p/2772210 So why disabling Basic Auth? It works like a charm! Basic …