Tenable

MAY 8, 2020

Here, we provide specific guidance for Microsoft Windows systems. In my last post , I covered general best practices for protecting credentials when performing network assessments. When it comes to protecting credentials in a Microsoft Windows Active Directory environment, though, we have specific guidance. Secure SMB protocols.

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Tenable

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Critical CVE-2024-43491 | Microsoft Windows Update Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2024-43491 is a RCE vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Update affecting Optional Components on Windows 10, version 1507 (Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2015 LTSB). Advanced Services ASP.NET 4.6

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ProtectWise

MAY 15, 2017

WannaCry's primary infection vector is through publicly accessible hosts running an unpatched version of Windows via the SMB protocol. WannaCry spreads primarily over SMB, but it can also use RDP. SMB, in particular, will then be used to send an exploit for the MS17-010 vulnerability. How Does WannaCry Infect a Host?

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CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

Extends Platform Coverage to Windows 8.1 and Office 365; Optimizes Performance Running on Smaller Footprint Endpoints, Touchscreen Tablets and Virtual Desktops; and Supports Distributed Rollouts With Group Templates and CDN-Enabled Client Upgrades. delivers key features and benefits, including: Microsoft Windows 8.1 FreeSpace 4.0

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

An OpenSearch Serverless vector search collection provides a scalable and high-performance similarity search capability. We use an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows server as an SMB/CIFS client to the FSx for ONTAP volume and configure data sharing and ACLs for the SMB shares in the volume.

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Tenable

MARCH 8, 2022

Microsoft Windows ALPC. Microsoft Windows Codecs Library. Role: Windows Hyper-V. Tablet Windows User Interface. Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock. Windows CD-ROM Driver. Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver. Windows COM. Windows Common Log File System Driver. Windows Media.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Addepar , which makes software to track investment performance, is also actively hiring with roughly 50 open roles across the U.S., On February 7, Austin-based SMB-focused Sana Benefits announced that it was cutting about 19% of its staff. UK and India (also, many roles have the option for remote work). billion valuation.

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Ivanti

JANUARY 25, 2023

Microsoft has resolved a known exploited vulnerability ( CVE-2023-21674 ) in Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) which could allow an Elevation of Privileges. The vulnerability is rated as Important and affects all Windows OS versions. It is recommended to prioritize the Windows OS updates as a high priority this month.

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Tenable

MAY 17, 2019

Tenable Researcher David Wells discovered a vulnerability in Slack Desktop for Windows that could have allowed an attacker to alter where files downloaded within Slack are stored. for Windows. We cannot confirm how many of those are Windows App users. Confirm that your Slack for Windows is updated to version 3.4.0.

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AWS Machine Learning - AI

JANUARY 29, 2025

Their DeepSeek-R1 models represent a family of large language models (LLMs) designed to handle a wide range of tasks, from code generation to general reasoning, while maintaining competitive performance and efficiency. 70B-Instruct ), offer different trade-offs between performance and resource requirements.

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Palo Alto Networks

MARCH 13, 2020

Lateral movement is performed by the malware attempting to spread itself to open shares on the network, including administrative shares of C$ and Admin$. QakBot may also attempt to access the Credential Store where Windows stores cached passwords for network logins.

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Infinidat

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

InfiniBox Update Addresses Customers’ Need for SMB Protocol Support, Malware Protection, and Improved Performance WALTHAM, Mass. February 26, 2019 – INFINIDAT, the market’s leading independent provider of enterprise-class data storage solutions, today announced enhancements of its InfiniBox® software.

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Datica

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

This high performance and easy-to-use block storage solution is often used with the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud for transaction-intensive workloads and high throughput. Performance for any workload. You can also use Amazon FSx as a standalone high-performance file system to burst all workloads from on-premise to cloud.

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Tenable

AUGUST 19, 2022

Windows SMB remote code execution (EternalBlue). Windows Background Intelligent Transfer Service elevation of privilege. Windows Print Spooler remote code execution (PrintNightmare). Windows AppX installer spoofing vulnerability. Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool remote code execution (Follina).

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IoT Malware Windows Guidelines 52

AlienVault

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

2018 seems to be a time for highly profitable cryptominers that spread over SMB file-shares. During the execution of the Install module, MadoMiner makes use of several exploits: CVE-2017-9073, RDP vulnerability on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. CVE-2017-0143, SMB exploit. CVE-2017-0146, SMB exploit.

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Tenable

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Learn how to set up credentialed scans on Windows and Linux and protect scanning credentials. Assessment - “Perform thorough tests” to On. For example, when looking through SMB file shares, a plugin can analyze three directory levels deep instead of one. Causes various plugins to work harder.

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ProtectWise

MARCH 27, 2017

Having a longer retention window gives you more information to work with when hunting threats, but keeping as much network data as possible is one part of the equation. It has a complete collection of data from which to extract the artifacts you need to look for: HTTP, DNS, Netflow, SSL, extracted files, email protocols, SMB, FTP, and more.

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Tenable

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Asset detection in Nessus scanners is performed by a number of Nessus plugins. These are logically sequential and performed by multiple plugins, which produce outputs that are consumed in subsequent phases. Asset Detection in Nessus Scanners. Figure 2: Nessus port scanning phase. Service and protocol detection . Local Detections.

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AlienVault

OCTOBER 29, 2018

During the execution of sogou.exe, the following exploits are used to install on new victims’ PCs: CVE-2017-9073, RDP vulnerability on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. CVE-2017-0143, SMB exploit. CVE-2017-0146, SMB exploit. First, 360Safe.exe drops Conhost.exe into C:%Windows%Fonts. Installation.

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