Credential Dumping from LSASS (Windows Authentication Secrets)

Original text by Raj

The article explains how attackers extract authentication secrets from the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) process in Windows. LSASS is responsible for enforcing system security policies, handling logins, and storing authentication data such as NTLM password hashes, Kerberos tickets, and cached credentials in memory.

Because these credentials must remain in…

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