Many of today’s computer passwords are stored and transmitted in a cryptographic hashed form. A strong password hash algorithm ensures that if the password hash is obtained by unauthorized parties ...

Cybersecurity researchers at Proofpoint have uncovered a new tactic employed by cybercriminal threat actor TA577, shedding light on a lesser-seen objective in their operations. The group was found ...

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 ...

A vulnerability allowing attackers to leak NTLM authentication hashes with minimal user interaction has been actively exploited just days after Microsoft released a patch. The flaw, tracked as ...

Organizations using Open Policy Agent (OPA) for Windows should consider updating to v0.68.0 or later to protect against an authentication hash leakage vulnerability identified in all earlier versions ...

Microsoft’s widely used software for brokering network access has a critical design flaw, an Israeli security firm said, but Microsoft contends the issue has been long-known and defenses are in place.