SecureWorld News
OCTOBER 26, 2023
Yet, despite the rising threats, 85% of SMB leaders surveyed said they felt prepared to protect against or recover from cyberattacks. This confidence comes even as only 20-34% reported following best practices such as multi-factor authentication, strong passwords, and role-based access controls for sensitive data.
Network World
MAY 2, 2017
Because they don’t see themselves as targets, small-to-midsize businesses (SMB) have for a long time believed that their security programs are good enough. They have a firewall, antivirus, maybe they even use two-factor authentication. The mistake is believing that this is enough because they have nothing of value to an attacker.
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SecureWorld News
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Using embedded, previously compromised credentials, BlackMatter leverages the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Server Message Block (SMB) protocol to access the Active Directory (AD) to discover all hosts on the network. Go a step further by regularly updating your passwords and enabling multi-factor authentication (MFA).
SecureWorld News
MAY 25, 2022
Multifactor authentication (MFA) is not enforced. RDP, Server Message Block (SMB), Telnet, and NetBIOS are high-risk services. The advisory notes that malicious threat actors often exploit poor security configurations, weak controls, and other faulty cyber hygiene practices in order to gain initial access to a victim's system.
Sean Daniel
JANUARY 14, 2010
Certificates provide two purposes: Authenticating the server to the client Providing encryption between the server and the client I will cover the authenticating the server to the client in this part 1 post, and will write a part 2 post that handles the second part of encryption. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation.
Sean Daniel
JUNE 14, 2011
Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. SMB MVP Community Roadshow. This feature brings the Alert Viewer that you know from the server, to the phone. Microsoft WHS Router Wiki. HomeServerLand Router Wiki. Official SBS & WHS Links. Official SBS Blog. Official WHS Blog. WindowsSBS on Twitter.
Sean Daniel
MAY 17, 2010
In this post I talked primarily about how the server is authenticated to the client by using a “root” certificate that the client already trusts, thus establishing a trust relationship with a website you are at without actually having been there before. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog.
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