Microsoft issues guidance on how best to hit back against Kerberoasting AD attacks
Cybersecurity researchers from Microsoft have warned the effectiveness of a cyberattack method called Kerberoasting is growing. To help businesses engage their defenses against this attack, the company published a new blog , explaining the methodology, the risks involved, and protection guidance. According to Microsoft, the technique has grown more effective lately because hackers are increasingly using GPUs to accelerate password cracking. GPUs making attacks potent The blog, published by Microsoft’s Vice President of Enterprise and OS Security, David Weston, notes Kerberoasting is a cyberattack that targets the Kerberos authentication protocol, and which allows threat actors to steal Active Directory credentials. Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that uses secret-key cryptography to allow secure authentication of users and services over unsecured networks, such as the internet. Active Directory, on the other hand, is a directory service developed for Windows domain