'Pass the Hash' attacks highlight need for improved privileged access management

Pass the Hash (PtH) attacks which use stolen hashed administrator credentials to breach security are a major risk to businesses. A new report from One Identity, based on a survey of over 1,000 IT professionals carried out by Dimensional Research, finds 95 percent of respondents say that PtH attacks have a direct impact on their organizations. In a typical PtH attack, an attacker obtains privileged credentials by compromising an end user's machine and simulates an IT problem so that a privileged account holder will log into an administrative system. Those login credentials are stored as a hash that the attacker… [Continue Reading]