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NTLM Relay

An attack where a valid NTLM authentication is forwarded in real time to a different service than the one intended, granting the attacker the victim's access without ever cracking a credential.

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How NTLM Relay Attacks Bypass Authentication

NTLM relay attacks don't crack passwords, they forward a legitimate authentication to a different service. Here is how the technique works and why it keeps breaking Windows environments.

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