Mandiant releases quick credential cracker, to hasten the death of a bad protocol

Infosec In Brief: Google/Mandiant published rainbow tables enabling Net-NTLMv1 credentials to be cracked in under 12 hours on consumer hardware, urging organizations to disable the protocol; the bulletin also reports a US Navy sailor sentenced for selling secrets to China, a defendant pleading guilty to hacking the US Supreme Court electronic filing system, Interpol arrests of Black Axe organized crime members involved in cyber-enabled fraud and trafficking, and proposed US legislation to restrict ICE’s Mobile Fortify biometric app.