Posts tagged: #pass-the-hash
NTLM is the MD4 of a UTF-16LE password: unsalted, fast, password-equivalent. How it differs from NetNTLMv2, where it lives, and why length is the only defence.
Why an NTLM hash is password-equivalent, how pass-the-hash works with Impacket, NetExec and Mimikatz, and the controls that actually stop lateral movement.