Windows 10: Brute force attack on Microsoft Account

I encountered a brute force password attack on my Microsoft account and decided to activate the passwordless login option with the Authenticator app. However, when I click the button to log in without a password, the screen displaying the authentication number quickly disappears. This issue occurs on both the Android Authenticator app and Chrome browsers, suggesting that the JavaScript code may not be functioning correctly. Additionally, when I tried to change my associated email address to mitigate the attack, I noticed that the system did not automatically establish a new connection with th

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How is the Windows 10 Hello password protected against Brute-Force, Dictionary or Hybrid attacks?

I have a Surface Pro 6 with Windows 10 with Windows Hello Face Recognition. Instead of Face Recognition, Windows Hello also accepts a password (thus no 2FA). The harddrive is encrypted with VeraCrypt.

Assume Windows is running but locked (and VeraCrypt is unlocked). An attacker steels the laptop. How is the attacker prevented from accessing Windows via a Brute-Force, Dictionary or Hybrid attack?

 

Brute Force?

The only other thing I can think of (at the moment) is the "Brute Force" approach. *Sad

If you know what Registry setting is responsible, you could create a batch file to adjust that setting and then set the batch file to run when you start your laptop.

 

Getting Brute Force Attacks on MS SQL Server, Urgent Help Needed

Hi,

We have a Dedicated Godaddy Server running Windows Server 2012 accessible through remote desktop. We are getting a lot of IP brute force attacks on the server with these error codes:

Event ID: 4625, Audit Failure

Event ID: 10016,_DISTRIBUTEDCOM

These errors are getting repeated almost every second. The MS SQL is now using over 50% in CPU and RAM and the server is responding very slow.

How do I resolve this.

Please help.