In times of breach, the attacker will repeatedly push out MFA notifications to convince the user to accept the MFA prompt. It has become apparent from the recent MFA fatigue attacks that SMS, phone calls, and tap approvals are not remarkably effective as a security measure.

Today, every organization enables basic multi-factor authentication and believes they are protected. Why do we need Advanced MFA settings enabled? Now, let’s explore the advanced MFA settings that are available in Azure AD. It is expected that number matching and additional context features will be implemented for all Authenticator users by the end of February 2023. Advanced Microsoft Authenticator security features are now generally available. Taking these incidents into account, Microsoft announced several Multi-factor Authentication strengths to safeguard the org anization way back in November 2021. All these attacks involved social engineering and theft of employee credentials to gain access to internal VPNs and privileged user accounts in the organization.

Recent months have seen MFA fatigue attacks in multiple large enterprises like Uber, Microsoft, and Cisco.

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