Microsoft’s recent support bulletin and subsequent community reports have exposed a sharp operational edge of identity hardening: after installing October/September updates on Windows 11 (24H2 and 25H2) and Windows Server 2025, some environments experienced widespread Kerberos and NTLM...
If you’ve ever wondered whether the relics of IT’s past can come back to haunt you, look no further than NTLM authentication—a sort of ancient curse that’s less Indiana Jones and more Office Space. Windows still ships with this timeworn authentication protocol enabled by default. While it was a...