As Microsoft works to implement a more secure Windows ecosystem, new security policies have become available for users and system administrators. The most recent policy concerns so.
Why it matters: New Windows installations will be more secure thanks to a recently implemented policy against recurring login attempts. Microsoft is waging war against brute force attacks, on all supported Windows versions and not just Windows 11.
As Microsoft works to implement a more secure Windows ecosystem, new security policies have become available for users and system administrators. The most recent policy concerns so called brute-force attacks, a tried and tested threat against the Windows account management subsystem.
Microsoft says brute force attacks are one of the top three ways Windows machines are being targeted today, with malware and malicious scripts trying countless password combinations until user login accounts are finally compromised. The worst of it, Microsoft states, is that Windows devices currently do not allow local administrators to be locked out for security reasons.
