Windows Networks: Google Mandiant Delivers the Coup de Grâce to Microsoft's NTLM

Google provides assistance in cracking NTLM hashes, provoking Microsoft and also admins who are concerned about the security ...
Cybernews

Google shows how easy it is to crack old Microsoft Windows logins

Google Mandiant released Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables, showing how Microsoft Windows authentication can be cracked in hours.
Neowin

Microsoft wants to eventually disable NTLM authentication in Windows 11Microsoft wants to eventually disable NTLM authentication in Windows 11Microsoft wants to eventually ...

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).
ZDNet

Microsoft Live ID authentication problems hit users across the Web

Reports cropped up across Twitter around 1:30 ET on February 16 from individuals having problems logging into Microsoft's Hotmail, Xbox Live, as well as other Windows Live services. No word yet from ...
Neowin

Microsoft is making significant improvements to SMB authentication in Windows 110 0

Microsoft continually makes enhancements to Windows and while general users judge these efforts based on what they can actually see and use, the company makes a lot of changes on the backend that ...