Microsoft is continuing its effort to reduce reliance on NTLM authentication in Windows. The company has announced new Kerberos-based capabilities that will arrive in upcoming Windows 11 client and ...

Abstract: Organizations use Active Directory Windows service to authenticate users in a network with the extended Kerberos Authentication protocol. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate its ...

Authentication sits at the heart of enterprise security, making passwords and the authentication mechanisms that use them, prime targets for cybercriminals. For more than 90% of organizations that use ...

Microsoft has announced a three-phase approach to phase out New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) as part of its efforts to shift Windows environments toward stronger, Kerberos-based options. "NTLM ...

Although RC4 encryption should already be a thing of the past, it is still used sporadically today. Microsoft has now announced that it will remove Rivest Cipher 4 from Kerberos. This is intended to ...

Microsoft is officially moving to shut the door on RC4 - a legacy cryptographic cipher that has quietly persisted inside Windows authentication environments for decades - and forcing organizations to ...

Microsoft has confirmed a new login issue affecting Windows 11, version 24H2, 25H2 and Windows Server 2025 systems. The company says the issue, which triggers Kerberos and NTLM authentication failures ...

Robust passwords remain the cornerstone of online security, even as malicious actors sharpen their attacks. Consider the threat from AS-REP roasting – and the defenses organizations must deploy to ...

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