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Hybrid working: network managers need to take care of unfinished business

CIO

Today, the need for long-term solutions means that hybrid working is one of the top three trends driving network modernization – as reflected in the 2022-23 Global Network Report published by NTT. The burden on the network grows even as some employees start returning to the office. The network was never built for that.

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Network Troubleshooting in Depth: A Complete Guide

Kentik

The Network is the Key. The network is down!” — I’m sure you heard that before. Despite your best efforts as a network engineer, network failures happen, and you have to fix them. Network troubleshooting becomes easier if your network is observable. Network Troubleshooting Defined.

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Strategies for Managing Network Traffic from a Remote Workforce

Kentik

When more of the workforce shifts to working remotely, it puts new and different strains on the infrastructure across different parts of the network, especially where VPN gateways connect to the network edge. This could mean the users are saturating the internet connectivity or that they’ve saturated the LAN (or maybe WAN).

Network 69
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The Cable Security Experience

CableLabs

This has increased awareness that our broadband networks are critical – and they need to be secure. The cable industry has long focused on delivering best-in-class network security and we continue to innovate as we move on towards a 10G experience for subscribers. A Review of HFC and PON Architectures. There are many standards for PON.

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CVE-2020-1472: 'Zerologon' Vulnerability in Netlogon Could Allow Attackers to Hijack Windows Domain Controller

Tenable

Security researchers reveal how the cryptographic authentication scheme in Netlogon can be exploited to take control of a Windows domain controller (DC). An attacker can exploit this flaw to impersonate the identity of any machine on a network when attempting to authenticate to the Domain Controller (DC). Background.

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Microsoft’s October 2023 Patch Tuesday Addresses 103 CVEs (CVE-2023-36563, CVE-2023-41763)

Tenable

Successful exploitation could lead to the disclosure of New Technology LAN Manager (NTLM) hashes. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted network call to a vulnerable Skype for Business server. and is rated as important.

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Microsoft’s May 2022 Patch Tuesday Addresses 73 CVEs (CVE-2022-26925)

Tenable

Windows Authentication Methods. Windows Network File System. However, when chained with a new technology LAN manager (NTLM) relay attack, the combined CVSSv3 score for the attack chain is 9.8. An unauthenticated attacker could coerce domain controllers to authenticate to an attacker-controller server using NTLM.

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