Microsoft rolls out new Kerberos protections to block RC4 encryption, with enforcement mode becoming mandatory for domain controllers in 2026.

Microsoft has detailed a three-phased roadmap leading to NTLM being completely disabled in the next version of Windows Server ...

Microsoft intends to disable the insecure NTLM protocol by default with the next Windows Server version. However, its release ...

Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is a special boot mode for Windows Server domain controllers, similar to Safe Mode, that allows administrators to perform critical maintenance, repair, or ...

Future Windows updates will disable NTLM authentication, bolstering security and protecting users against legacy protocol ...

ESET researchers present technical details on a recent data destruction incident affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector.

Attackers could even have used one vulnerable Lookout user to gain access to other Google Cloud tenants' environments.

Microsoft is beginning a phased process to disable NTLM, the decades-old, weak authentication protocol, by default in future ...

Hybrid work has driven a surge in Active Directory password resets, turning minor lockouts into major productivity drains. Specops shows why remote access, cached credentials, and security policies ...

Finally, with Windows Server 2025 and Windows 11 24H2, Microsoft is taking a definitive step to eliminate an historical security weakness: NTLM v1 is being completely removed! It was already disabled ...