Rainbow Method and Table creator Phillip Oechslin emailed me regarding my recent column on Rainbow tables. Here's his email. Hello Roger, I just saw your online article on CSO online in Australia. I ...

Common password encryption formats used by programs such as Microsoft’s LAN Manager have, since the mid-1990s, been vulnerable to brute force attacks like the infamous l0phtcrack. A brute force attack ...

It's important to understand that, by default, Windows cannot just generate NTLMv1 traffic. The use of NTLMv1 versus NTLMv2 isn't negotiated. Instead, the client decides which one to send based on the ...

If you've ever watched TV and movies about cybersecurity, you probably envision someone sitting in a dark room trying to guess someone else's password based on a few facts like their kids' names or ...