The various versions of Windows have used Kerberos as its main authentication protocol for over 20 years. However, in certain circumstances, the OS has to use another method, NTLM (NT LAN Manager).

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 it ...

Microsoft this week indicated that it plans to eliminate the need to use the New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) protocol in Windows 11, with Kerberos taking its place. NTLM use has long been a ...

Microsoft announced earlier this week that the NTLM authentication protocol will be killed off in Windows 11 in the future. NTLM (short for New Technology LAN Manager) is a family of protocols used to ...

An ancient network authentication protocol has received its first death notice. The protocol, which has roots going back to the first local area network days of the 1980s, is called Microsoft NTLM, ...

A new zero-day vulnerability in NTLM discovered by researchers at 0patch allows attackers to steal NTLM credentials by having a user view a specially crafted malicious file in Windows Explorer — no ...

Microsoft added a new security feature to Windows 11 that lets admins block NTLM over SMB to prevent pass-the-hash, NTLM relay, or password-cracking attacks. This will modify the legacy approach where ...

If you want to block NTLM attacks over SMB in Windows 11, here is how you can do that. An administrator can block all the NTLM attacks over Server Message Block with the help of the Local Group Policy ...

Microsoft today addressed two NTLM-related vulnerabilities privately disclosed by Preempt Security. The flaws allow for credential relay attacks. NTLM has a long history of serious vulnerabilities and ...

One attack vector for gaining access to the network is so-called NTLM relaying. Microsoft is now making this more difficult with new measures. A frequently observed attack vector that criminals use to ...