MS Authenticator asking to enter code

spacklewoof 6 Reputation points
2021-10-08T00:20:05.907+00:00

Myself and one other person with an iphone today noticed that the app now asks you to ENTER the number instead of selecting it from a list. While this is not that big of a change, I am getting questions from all over the company about it, because it is an unexpected security change.

Has anyone else seen this behavior?

Microsoft Authenticator
Microsoft Authenticator
A Microsoft app for iOS and Android devices that enables authentication with two-factor verification, phone sign-in, and code generation.
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  1. Paul van Berlo 816 Reputation points
    2021-10-10T08:59:40.77+00:00

    Microsoft recently changed this to improve security (announced in the M365 Message Center or you can have a look at this blog post). In short, it's a security improvement which prevents inadvertently selecting the correct number if there's a fraudulent/malicious sign-in.

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  2. Stefank 41 Reputation points
    2021-10-10T08:52:31.227+00:00

    I’ve got the same issue. Everyone is wondering why that changed. Is this related to any policy that got applied to our tenant? Or some other M365 setting? Or just a feature Update of the Authenticator app for iOS?

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  3. Stefank 41 Reputation points
    2021-10-10T09:15:16.913+00:00

    Thank you!

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