---
id: 5823
title: "Password Spraying Detection in Active Directory"
source_domain: semperis.com
source_url: "https://www.semperis.com/blog/password-spraying-detection-in-active-directory/"
published_at: "2024-09-18T06:58:03Z"
tags: ["active-directory", "credential-security", "kerberos", "detection", "password-spraying", "lightning-irp"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/5823"
lang: en
---

# Password Spraying Detection in Active Directory

## Summary

Password spraying tests a few weak passwords across many accounts, dodging lockouts; Microsoft ties over a third of compromises to it. Covers delayed and Kerberos pre-auth variants plus detection.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** semperis.com
- **Published:** 2024-09-18T06:58:03Z
- **Original:** https://www.semperis.com/blog/password-spraying-detection-in-active-directory/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/5823