ntlm deprecation

Microsoft is preparing new Kerberos capabilities for upcoming Windows 11 and Windows Server Insider builds, adding IAKerb and LocalKDC so Windows can authenticate in scenarios that have historically fallen back to NTLM, including blocked domain-controller access and local-account connections...

Microsoft’s latest clarification on NTLM’s long-promised phase-out is both clearer and more cautious than many in the security community hoped: the company has laid out a phased roadmap that will push organizations away from NTLM, introduce Kerberos-first defaults and compatibility features, and...

Microsoft’s long-running allowance for NTLM-based authentication is finally being reworked into history: the company has laid out a phased plan to clamp down on Network NTLM and push Windows environments toward Kerberos-first authentication, a move that promises real security gains but will...

StopICE, the volunteer-run tracker used by activists to monitor ICE movements, says a recent defacement and user-targeting incident was a targeted intimidation stunt that traced back to what administrators describe as “a personal server associated with a CBP agent here in SoCal,” but important...

Microsoft has formally moved NTLM (NT LAN Manager) to the deprecation pile and is pressing organizations to adopt Kerberos via the Negotiate stack as the secure default for Windows authentication, while also shipping new auditing, telemetry, and migration tooling to help IT teams find and...

Amazon’s managed DataSync service now supports Kerberos authentication for SMB file locations, giving Windows-heavy environments a practical path away from NTLM and toward stronger, mutual authentication when moving on‑premises file shares to AWS for analytics, migration, or archive workflows...