Windows Account Passwords: Why and How to Break NTLM Credentials
Windows account passwords, or NTLM passwords, are among the easiest to recover due to their relatively low cryptographic strength. At the same time, NTLM passwords can be used to unlock DPAPI-protected data such as the user’s passwords stored in Web browsers, encrypted chats, EFS-protected files and folders, and a lot more. In this article we argue about prioritizing the recovery of NTLM hashes over any other types of encrypted data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2022/12/windows-account-passwords-why-and-how-to-break-ntlm-credentials/
#windows #ntlm #password #edpr #dpapi #microsoftaccount
Windows account passwords, or NTLM passwords, are among the easiest to recover due to their relatively low cryptographic strength. At the same time, NTLM passwords can be used to unlock DPAPI-protected data such as the user’s passwords stored in Web browsers, encrypted chats, EFS-protected files and folders, and a lot more. In this article we argue about prioritizing the recovery of NTLM hashes over any other types of encrypted data.
👉 https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2022/12/windows-account-passwords-why-and-how-to-break-ntlm-credentials/
#windows #ntlm #password #edpr #dpapi #microsoftaccount