Windows 10 themes can be abused to steal passwords

Security researcher Jimmy Bayne (@bohops) has revealed that specially crafted Windows themes can be used to perform Pass-the-Hash attacks and steal passwords. Pass-the-Hash attacks are used to steal Windows login names and password hashes by tricking the user into accessing a remote SMB share that requires authentication. A theme’s settings are saved under the %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder as a […]