Mandiant Releases Net-NTLMv1 Rainbow Tables to Accelerate Deprecation of Insecure Protocol
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Summary
Mandiant is publicly releasing comprehensive Net-NTLMv1 rainbow tables to accelerate deprecation of this outdated authentication protocol. Despite being deprecated for over two decades and known to be insecure since 1999, Net-NTLMv1 remains in use in many environments, leaving organizations vulnerable to trivial credential theft. The release aims to lower the barrier for security professionals to demonstrate the protocol's insecurity and push organizations to migrate to more secure alternatives.
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This legacy protocol leaves organizations vulnerable to trivial credential theft, yet it remains prevalent due to inertia and a lack of demonstrated immediate risk.
By releasing these tables, Mandiant aims to lower the barrier for security professionals to demonstrate the insecurity of Net-NTLMv1.
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