A Pass-the-Hash (PtH) attack is a technique whereby an attacker captures a password hash (as opposed to the password characters) and then simply passes it through for authentication and potentially lateral access to other networked systems. The threat actor doesn’t need to decrypt the hash to...
Pass the hash (PtH) is a decades-old attack technique, but it remains a valuable tool in a cybercriminal’s arsenal to this day. Indeed, pass the hash is one of most difficult attacks to thwart. Why? In a nutshell, pass the hash enables an adversary to compromise anActive Directoryacco...
Pass The Hash is a technique where an attacker captures a password hash and then passes it through for authentication and lateral access to other networked systems. With this technique, the threat actor does not need to decrypt the hash to obtain a plain text password. This attack exploits the...
Pass the hash is primarily a lateral movement technique. This means that hackers are using pass the hash to extract additional information and credentials after already compromising a device. By laterally moving between devices and accounts, attackers can use pass the hash to gain the right credenti...
to credentials and data. In particular, one common technique is pass-the-hash: Hackers use stolen password hashes to authenticate as a user without ever having the user’s cleartext password. This tactic enables them to bypass normal system access controls to move laterally within the environment...
What is pass-the-hash? PtH is a hacking technique that authenticates a user even when the actor performing the technique does not have access to the user’s password. This is done through bypassing standard user authentication by moving the authentication directly to the portion of authentication...
How does a pass the hash attack work? In a pass the hash attack, the attacker typically gains access to the network through a social engineering technique such asphishing, which is when a cybercriminal preys on another person’s emotions, such as fear, empathy or greed, to convince them ...
To use this technique, an attacker must first obtain local administrative access on a computer in the organization to steal credentials from the computer's disk and memory. This level of privilege allows the attacker to not only ...
An attacker uses a Pass-the-Hash attack to steal a “hashed” user credential without having to crack it to get the original password.
Credential theft attacks like Pass-the-Hash, are attacks that use a technique in which an attacker captures account logon credentials from a compromised computer, and then uses those captured credentials to authenticate to other computers on the network. Miti...