Back in October last year, Microsoft expressed its desire to eventually disable NTLM authentication. The company on its official website has updated the list of deprecated Windows features where ...

Different authentication types and credentials can be configured for individual hosts. Windows Challenge/Response (NTLM) is the authentication protocol used on networks that include systems running ...

SMB authentication rate limiter tries to make the SMB service a difficult and, as Pyle calls it, "unattractive" target for an attacker by introducing a 2-second timeout limit on each failed NTLM ...

Talos has observed the BlackByte ransomware brand employing new techniques in addition to the standard TTPs previously noted. Further investigation and correlation of new instances with existing ...

It supports different types of authentication mechanisms, such as Basic, Digest, NTLM, and Negotiate. HTML5 authentication also enables the use of Web Authentication API, which is a modern and ...

As reported in CSO earlier this year, NTLM is the default authentication mechanism that’s used on Windows networks when a computer tries to access various network resources or services ...

• Frequent logins and shared devices. Deskless workers often log into multiple shared devices during their shifts, leading to ...

Microsoft is deprecating NTLM as an authentication protocol in favor of Kerberos. SMBv1, another legacy protocol, should also be disabled and newer versions of SMB should have signing and encryption ...

It’s a staple technique used in internal pentests with tools such as responder or ntlmrelayx, exploiting issues such as legacy LLMNR/NBT-NS protocols being enabled or forced authentication ...