Relaying Trust: Exploiting NTLM Authentication to Compromise Active Directory

Original text by SecCoreGmbH

The article explains how NTLM relay attacks can be used to gain unauthorized access in Active Directory environments when certain security protections are not enforced. The author demonstrates a practical attack scenario where an attacker captures NTLM authentication from a Windows system and relays it to another service such as LDAP…

https://core-jmp.org/2026/03/relaying-trust-exploiting-ntlm-authentication-to-compromise-active-directory/