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QNAP patches second zero-day exploited at Pwn2Own to get root
QNAP has fixed a second zero-day vulnerability exploited at the Pwn2Own Ireland 2024 hacking contest to gain a root shell and take over a TS-464 NAS device.
- October 30, 2024
- 01:36 PM
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- January 30, 2024
- 11:23 AM
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Microsoft drops SMB1 firewall rules in new Windows 11 build
Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today's Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992 build.
- November 08, 2023
- 02:56 PM
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Windows 11 to let admins mandate SMB encryption for outbound connections
Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel.
- October 25, 2023
- 02:34 PM
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New Windows 11 feature blocks NTLM-based attacks over SMB
Microsoft added a new security feature to Windows 11 that lets admins block NTLM over SMB to prevent pass-the-hash, NTLM relay, or password-cracking attacks.
- September 13, 2023
- 02:27 PM
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Windows 11 to require SMB signing to prevent NTLM relay attacks
Microsoft says SMB signing (aka security signatures) will be required by default for all connections to defend against NTLM relay attacks, starting with today's Windows build (Enterprise edition) rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel.
- June 02, 2023
- 02:22 PM
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Microsoft finally fixes Windows 11 slow file copy issues over SMB
Microsoft has finally addressed a known issue causing significant performance hits when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 2022 update.
- March 12, 2023
- 11:16 AM
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Microsoft fixes Windows 11 22H2 file copy performance hit
Microsoft has addressed a known issue leading to significant performance hits when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 2022 update.
- November 30, 2022
- 11:40 AM
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Microsoft: Windows 11 22H2 causes file copy performance hit
Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue causing customers to experience a significant performance hit when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 22H2 update.
- October 07, 2022
- 03:17 PM
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Windows 11 gets better protection against SMB brute-force attacks
Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel.
- September 21, 2022
- 05:22 PM
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QNAP warns of new Checkmate ransomware targeting NAS devices
Taiwan-based network-attached storage (NAS) vendor QNAP warned customers to secure their devices against attacks using Checkmate ransomware to encrypt data.
- July 07, 2022
- 11:47 AM
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Microsoft Defender for Business stand-alone now generally available
Microsoft says that its enterprise-grade endpoint security for small to medium-sized businesses is now generally available.
- May 02, 2022
- 02:34 PM
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Microsoft disables SMB1 by default for Windows 11 Home Insiders
Microsoft announced today that the 30-year-old SMBv1 file-sharing protocol is now disabled by default on Windows systems running the latest Windows 11 Home Dev channel builds, the last editions of Windows or Windows Server that still came with SMBv1 enabled.
- April 19, 2022
- 02:30 PM
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Windows 11 KB5011563 update fixes SMB, DirectX blue screens
Microsoft has released the optional KB5011563 cumulative update preview for Windows 11, with fixes for stop errors triggering blue screens of death (BSOD) and other issues.
- March 28, 2022
- 06:51 PM
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Microsoft rolling out new endpoint security solution for SMBs
Microsoft has started rolling out its new endpoint security solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) known as Microsoft Defender for Business to Microsoft 365 Business Premium customers worldwide starting today, March 1st.
- March 01, 2022
- 02:36 PM
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Microsoft previews new endpoint security solution for SMBs
Microsoft Defender for Business, a new endpoint security solution specially built for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), is now rolling out in preview worldwide.
- December 09, 2021
- 10:36 AM
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Cisco won’t fix zero-day RCE vulnerability in end-of-life VPN routers
In a security advisory published on Wednesday, Cisco said that a critical vulnerability in Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) service of multiple small business VPN routers will not be patched because the devices have reached end-of-life.
- August 19, 2021
- 03:08 AM
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Purple Fox malware worms its way into exposed Windows systems
Purple Fox, a malware previously distributed via exploit kits and phishing emails, has now added a worm module that allows it to scan for and infect Windows systems reachable over the Internet in ongoing attacks.
- March 23, 2021
- 04:54 PM
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Hackers can abuse Microsoft Teams updater to install malware
Microsoft Teams can still double as a Living off the Land binary (LoLBin) and help attackers retrieve and execute malware from a remote location.
- August 05, 2020
- 09:07 AM
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New Windows 10 SMBv3 flaw can be used for data theft, RCE attacks
A new security vulnerability was found in the compression mechanism of the Microsoft Server Message Block 3.1.1 (SMBv3) network communication protocol used by multiple versions of Windows 10 and Windows Server.
- June 10, 2020
- 10:56 AM
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