{"id":140445,"date":"2025-09-10T19:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T19:38:13","slug":"senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to \u201cKerberoasting\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for \u201cgross cybersecurity negligence,\u201d citing the company\u2019s continued use of an obsolete and vulnerable form of encryption that Windows uses by default.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/wyden_letter_to_ftc_on_microsoft_kerberoasting_ransomwarepdf.pdf\">letter<\/a> to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Sen. Ron Wyden (D\u2013Ore.) said an investigation his office conducted into the 2024 ransomware breach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2024\/12\/health-care-giant-ascension-says-5-6-million-patients-affected-in-cyberattack\/\">health care giant Ascension<\/a> found that the default use of the RC4 encryption cipher was a direct cause. The breach led to the theft of medical records of 5.6 million patients.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2023\/07\/us-senator-blasts-microsoft-for-negligent-cybersecurity-practices\/\">second time<\/a> in as many years that Wyden has used the word \u201cnegligence\u201d to describe Microsoft&#8217;s security practices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/09\/senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2025\/09\/senator-blasts-microsoft-for-making-default-windows-vulnerable-to-kerberoasting\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prominent US senator has called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft for \u201cgross cybersecurity negligence,\u201d citing the company\u2019s continued use of an obsolete and vulnerable form of encryption that Windows uses by default. 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