Microsoft confirms a 3-phase strategy to deprecate NTLM, improve auditing, prioritize Kerberos, and disable NTLM by default ...

Microsoft is preparing one of the most consequential security shifts in Windows in decades, turning off NTLM authentication ...

Microsoft will disable NTLM support in upcoming Windows releases and enhance Kerberos and Windows authentication to reduce ...

Microsoft has announced plans to disable the 33-year-old NTLM authentication protocol by default in future Windows releases ...

For nearly 30 years, security experts have warned organizations to ditch the weak NTLM authentication protocol in Windows.

A new zero-day vulnerability in NTLM discovered by researchers at 0patch allows attackers to steal NTLM credentials by having a user view a specially crafted malicious file in Windows Explorer — no ...

The path to eradicating this ancient protocol and security sinkhole won’t be easy, but the time has come for its complete eradication. Microsoft has hinted at a possible end to NTLM a few times, but ...

Google provides assistance in cracking NTLM hashes, provoking Microsoft and also admins who are concerned about the security of their Windows networks. Microsoft's authentication method NTLM is a ...

Multiple attackers are actively exploiting a recently patched Windows vulnerability that exposes authentication credentials, despite Microsoft releasing a fix for it in March. CVE-2025-24054 is an ...

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