Attacks on Smart Cards
In Business, Official BlogBy Author – Samata Shelare When hit by an APT attack, many companies implement smart cards and/or other two-factor authentication mechanisms as a reactionary measure. But thinking that these solutions will prevent credential theft is a big mistake. Attackers can bypass these protection mechanisms with clever techniques. Nowadays, adversaries in the form of self-spreading malware or APT campaigns utilize Pass-the-Hash, a technique that allows them to escalate privileges in the domain. When Pass-the-Hash is not handy, they will use…