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A wafrn woot (post) by @[email protected] saying “Microsoft Authenticator needs me to validate with Authenticator in order to log in with Authenticator to use it to authenticate another app with Authenticator. Here is the app telling me to open itself to validate itself with itself. #infosec #iHateComputers” It has a screenshot showing the microsoft authenticator app.

  • rmuk@feddit.uk
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    24 hours ago

    Even better/worse, Microsoft will never send 2FA requests to the app that is requesting them. This user has a second copy of Authenticator installed somewhere else which they forgot about.