Cracking downgraded NTLMv1 SSP hashes with rainbow tables

&#xA; Introduction&#xA; &#xA; &#xA; Link to heading &#xA; &#xA; &#xA; NTLM downgrade attacks have been around for a while and are well known against systems like Windows Server 2012. After obtaining an NTLMv1 response with a custom challenge, it&rsquo;s relatively straightforward to recover the victim user or machine&rsquo;s raw NT hash via a rainbow table . &#xA; With newer versions of SMB, the…