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09/22/2026

Does your business still receive Microsoft 365 MFA codes by text message?

There's an important change coming.

Microsoft will retire its own SMS and voice authentication delivery on February 1, 2027, as it moves organizations toward stronger phishing-resistant authentication such as passkeys.

The transition has already begun.

Users who currently use SMS or voice are being prompted to register passkeys, and Microsoft has now published information for organizations that have a legitimate reason to continue using SMS or voice through supported third-party telecom providers.

For most businesses:

🔐 Identify employees still using SMS MFA
🔑 Start moving users toward passkeys
👤 Prioritize administrator accounts
📣 Prepare employees for the change
📅 Don't wait until February

Text-message MFA was an important improvement over passwords alone.

But attackers have become better at stealing or bypassing those codes.

The next step is authentication that's much harder to phish.

Need help reviewing your Microsoft 365 authentication settings? 24uNet can help.

Source: Microsoft Entra ID authentication guidance.

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09/09/2026

AI is making businesses more efficient.

Unfortunately, attackers are figuring out how to use it for the same reason.

Google Threat Intelligence reported yesterday that cybercriminals are moving toward AI-assisted and increasingly automated attack workflows.

In one case, attackers compromised a cloud resource and then used an AI-enabled process to build and execute a mass credential-harvesting campaign in less than six hours.

The takeaway for businesses is practical:

🔐 Use strong MFA
👤 Protect administrator accounts
🔄 Keep systems patched
👀 Monitor for unusual activity
🚨 Have a plan for responding quickly

AI doesn't have to create a completely new kind of cyberattack to make attackers more effective.

Making existing attacks faster and easier is enough.

As attacks speed up, detection and response become even more important.

Want to know whether your current security stack is built to detect an attack—not just prevent one? 24uNet can help.

Source: Google Threat Intelligence Group, September 8, 2026.
Read Google's AI Threat Tracker

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08/14/2026

Hackers increasingly target people—not just computers.

A recent international cybersecurity advisory warns about phishing campaigns designed to steal credentials from collaboration platforms. Even if your business doesn't use the affected software, every organization should:

✅ Keep collaboration tools updated.
✅ Enable MFA.
✅ Train employees to recognize phishing.
✅ Verify unexpected login requests.

Strong identity protection is one of the best defenses against today's cyber threats.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/

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07/29/2026

Cybersecurity is a team sport.

Firewalls and antivirus are important—but educated employees remain one of your best defenses against phishing and credential theft.

A few minutes of security awareness training today can prevent a costly incident tomorrow.

Is your team prepared?

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05/15/2026

Company Database Deleted by AI Agent: What Security Leaders Need to Know | Security Magazine

Nine seconds — that’s how long it took for an AI agent to delete a company’s production database and volume-level backups.