ntlm security

  1. Securing Windows: How to Harden NTLM Authentication and Protect Your Credentials in 2025

    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...
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    • Forum: Windows News

  2. Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Found in All Windows Versions: Here's What to Do

    In a shocking revelation that underscores the ongoing security challenges within the Windows ecosystem, security researchers have unearthed a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting all versions of Windows Workstation and Server, right from the aging Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 to the...
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  3. Windows 8 Access network share outside of domain?

    I have a new install of Windows 8 Home and am trying to log in to a network share. The problem is that it is trying to force me to log in with PCname\username and the share is expecting only uname. If I click on the change username button it is still forcing me to use PCname\username and wont...
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    • Forum: Windows Networking