![]() ![]() To know how passwords are saved in windows, we will first need to understand what are LM, NTLM v1 & v2, Kerberos. SAM is found in C:\Windows\System32\config and passwords that are hashed and saved in SAM can found in the registry, just open the Registry Editor and navigate yourself to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM. SAM starts running in the background as soon as the Windows boots up. It is the responsibility of LSA (Local Security Authority) to verify user login by matching the passwords with the database maintained in SAM. All the passwords are hashed and then stored SAM. SAM is short for the Security Account Manager which manages all the user accounts and their passwords. At last, we will be using a bunch of different tools to extract those credentials from SAM. We will also focus on the NTLM Authentication. ![]() We will learn about the passwords and how they are stored in the SAM. In this article, we will learn about SAM.
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