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How to protect against poor Windows password practices

06

Mar

2019

Hardly a day that goes by before some website reports a credential-stuffing attack where harvested usernames and passwords are used to gain access to sensitive information. Lately it was tax software site TurboTax where attackers accessed users’ tax information. This underscores the risk of password reuse. Organizations need a strong password policy to encourage good […]

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What is Mimikatz? And how to defend against this password stealing tool

05

Mar

2019

Mimikatz is a leading post-exploitation tool that dumps passwords from memory, as well as hashes, PINs and Kerberos tickets. Other useful attacks it enables are pass-the-hash, pass-the-ticket or building Golden Kerberos tickets. This makes post-exploitation lateral movement within a network easy for attackers. Mimikatz, described by the author as just “a little tool to play […]

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The Enduring Password Conundrum

24

Oct

2018

Earlier this month, the State of California made headlines by passing legislation that will require hardware manufacturers to implement unique hardcoded passwords for every connected device they produce and force users to change it upon first use. The bill, which takes effect in January 2020, renewed the debate surrounding our continued reliance on passwords as […]

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