A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed 'CIFSwitch' in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel's key request ...
A multi-stage attack on Linux devices began with an exposed F5 BIG-IP edge appliance and pivoted to an internal Confluence ...
Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years following more than a decade of devastating hacks that exploited it and ...
The path to eradicating this ancient protocol and security sinkhole won’t be easy, but the time has come for its complete eradication. Microsoft has hinted at a possible end to NTLM a few times, but ...
Microsoft has telegraphed its desire to start shuttering some legacy Windows systems. Here’s how to get ahead of the security changes that will inevitably come to the platform. In January 2002, Bill ...
On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Microsoft released updates KB5036892 and KB5036893 for Windows 10 and 11, introducing a few new features and fixing known issues. With these, Microsoft also patched a couple ...
It’s time to stop relying on the insecure authentication protocol built into Windows. Microsoft is making it easier to switch to secure modern options. NTLM is a simple and straightforward ...
The switch to exclusivity of the Kerberos protocol, however, presents a challenge with regards to apps and services hardwired to use NTLM. While NTLM can be disabled for authentication by businesses, ...