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Cybersecurity researchers fromMicrosofthave warned the effectiveness of a cyberattack method called Kerberoasting is growing.
According to Microsoft, the technique has grown more effective lately because hackers are increasingly usingGPUsto accelerate password cracking.
These tickets are encrypted with the service account’s NTLM hash.
The attacker then extracts the ticket and attempts to break it offline and thus reveal the service account’spassword.
Kerberoasting is a low-tech, high-impact attack, Weston said.
Further recommendations on how to tackle Kerberoasting can be foundhere.
