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Hackers often start out with nothing more than a low-level user account and then work to gain additional privileges that will allow them to take over the network. One of the methods that is commonly used to acquire these privileges is a pass-the-hash attack. Here are five steps to prevent a pass-the-hash attack in a Windows domain.

To better understand how to protect passwords in your environment from attacks, let's look at the top 10 password attacks and see what your organization can do to prevent them.

0  Avant cette version, les sources de la liste de protection de mots de passe piratés de Specops comprenaient des listes de mots de passe compromis connus et de dictionnaires courants utilisés dans les attaques. Aujourd’hui, ces listes se voient étoffées, car Specops ajoute à son service de protection de mots de passe piratés des données observées lors d’attaques réelles de mots de passe. Darren James, Spécialiste Produits chez Specops Software, a déclaré : “Cette extension de ce que fait la protection de mots de passe piratés est une une vraie bonne nouvelle pour nos cli...

Today is the eighth annual World Password Day, aimed at encouraging everyone to choose and protect more secure passwords. But a number of infosec professionals argue that this should be the last time this day is acknowledged. The fact is passwords aren’t secure anymore. People choose weak passwords that can be guessed or cracked with brute force attacks. They also share and re-use passwords on multiple websites, cost employers money by asking IT to reset passwords and cost businesses money by abandoning purchases because they forget passwords. Numerous studies show that credentials theft is...