How to Mitigate Mimikatz WDigest Cleartext Credential Theft
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Penetration testers and malicious adversaries often focus on using the easiest attack vector to achieve their objectives. One common attack vector that has been around for several years is to use a tool called Mimikatz and steal cleartext credentials from memory of compromised Windows systems.