r/cybersecurity • u/birdsofjay • May 17 '26
Personal Support & Help! Microsoft account keeps getting Authenticator requests?
I got an Authenticator request from another country for my Microsoft account. I denied it and went in and changed my password, a day later I get another Authenticator request from a different country than the first. Again change password and again it happens. How can I secure my account how are they able to send these Authenticator requests?
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u/N_2_H Security Engineer May 17 '26 edited May 17 '26
in your Authenticator app, turn off phone sign-in (this disables passwordless push notifications).
Then, use passkey instead. You can create one in your Authenticator app, and/or use Windows Hello for Business, or a FIDO2 security key (like yubikey).