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It's 2022. Why do you keep using SMB?

Ivanti

During the last 25 years, companies have relied on SMB protocol to allow them to collaborate and centralize corporate documents. The history of SMB (and why it's no longer relevant). The latest iteration, SMB 3.1.1, encryption added in SMB3 and implemented a pre-authentication integrity check using?SHA-512?hash.

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Maximize Your Vulnerability Scan Value with Authenticated Scanning

Tenable

Start doing authenticated scanning. Performing authenticated scans of your environment offers essential benefits and is a practice widely recognized as valuable. The scan configurations we observe in Tenable’s SaaS products are telling: our customers run unauthenticated scans 20 times more than authenticated ones.

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CVE-2022-37958: FAQ for Critical Microsoft SPNEGO NEGOEX Vulnerability

Tenable

CVE-2022-37958 is a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the SPNEGO NEGOEX protocol of Windows operating systems, which supports authentication in applications. What is SPNEGO NEGOEX? More details about SPNEGO NEGOEX can be found here. What protocols use SPNEGO NEGOEX?

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Microsoft’s June 2020 Patch Tuesday Addresses 129 CVEs Including Newly Disclosed SMBv3 Vulnerability (CVE-2020-1206)

Tenable

The updates this month include patches for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Edge, ChakraCore, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps, Windows Defender, Microsoft Dynamics, Visual Studio, Azure DevOps and Adobe Flash Player. This flaw can be exploited on an authenticated server or against an SMB client.

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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Log4j Anniversary, CI/CD Risks, Infostealers, Email Attacks, OT Security

Tenable

As cybercriminals successfully swipe credentials using infostealer malware, they will often launch “MFA-fatigue” attacks to breach compromised accounts that are protected with multifactor authentication. . Multi-Factor Authentication Request Generation ” (MITRE). 4 - Cybersecurity looms large in SMB software purchases.

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MSPs are the Holy Grail for Cybercriminals! Are You Protected?

Kaseya

MSPs hold the keys to the kingdom when it comes to data access and, while a typical day won’t involve leaping from trains to protect it like the fictional professor, they still need to take action to keep themselves and their SMB customers safe. They can also jump from a partner or SMB customer over to you! Island Hopping.

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Microsoft’s August 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 118 CVEs (CVE-2022-34713)

Tenable

Windows Internet Information Services. All three vulnerabilities require authentication and user interaction to exploit — an attacker would need to entice a target to visit a specially crafted Exchange server, likely through phishing. CVE-2022-35804 | SMB Client and Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Windows Hello.

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