A strong account lockout policy is one of the most effective tools for stopping brute force authentication attempts on Windows domains. Once an attacker enters an incorrect password so many times, the ...

Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the WordPress theme "Motors" to hijack administrator accounts and gain complete control of a targeted site. Microsoft confirms ...

Why it matters: A recent Windows 11 Insider update is helping users automatically block brute force attacks. The attacks will now trigger an account lockout policy, which will automatically lock down ...

This post explains how to fix Microsoft Account error Your account has been locked. Several users have reported that Microsoft has locked their accounts without any ...

Microsoft is rolling out a new security default for Windows 11 that will go a long way to preventing ransomware attacks that begin with password-guessing attacks and compromised credentials. The new ...

There is an exchange 2013 setup with ActiveSync exposed to internet for mobile devices and in AD we have lockout policy configured to lock the user after 5 wrong attempts. The problem is that when ...

I've got an issue with an AD environment where numerous people are getting locked out in the wee hours of the morning. I'd really like to track down where the login attempts are originating. That says ...