Microsoft has indicated that there are more than 44 million unsafe passwords with various services, given that these words have been used many times by users, and the American company has discovered this by comparing more than 3 billion logins with other corporate services that have been published. On the Internet through hacking attacks or data leaks.
The American company explained that the examination process was limited to the passwords that were used several times in the period from January to March 2019, and that it compared the passwords of users with the login data that was leaked on the Internet, and published these results in the special security report With the company.
She added that it forced users to change passwords by showing a dialog box asking the user to change the password when trying to log in Microsoft services, such as Xbox games, office software, and outlook email.
The Microsoft test showed why IT experts warn of using the same password in multiple services or accounts on the web, where a user must use a different password for each service and account on the Internet.
The user can use the password management software, in order to be able to use a different password for each service on the web, such as the free tool integrated in the Mozilla Firefox browser or the open source "Keepass" program, in addition to having smart phone applications from word management programs the traffic.
Information technology experts always recommend the use of the 2FA authentication function as long as they are available in web services and accounts, where the user must enter a second code in addition to the user name and password, and this code is usually sent via text messages Short, or it is created through authentication applications, and there is a method that requires U2F-USB units to be connected to computers when logging in to determine the user’s identity.