Kerberoasting attacks using brute force methods
At its core, Kerberos is a protocol designed to guarantee secure authentication for both users and devices within a network environment. The special feature of Kerberos lies in the use of encrypted tickets. These make authentication easier and at the same time avoid the transmission of passwords over the network. They are encoded with a confidential key that is exchanged exclusively between the user and the authentication server. Kerberoasting is a specific form of attack that focuses on the Kerberos authentication protocol, which is a key component of Microsoft Active Directory systems. The core of a Kerberoasting attack…