Microsoft recently highlighted some tools that IT pros can use to detect if Server Message Block version 1 (SMB 1) is being used in a network. The need to check for SMB 1 use is perhaps amplified by a ...

Most of the time, when software vendors receive a report of a vulnerability, especially a serious one, they usually move swiftly in order to plug up the hole. There are times, however, when a vendor ...

In an attempt to warn IT and consumers, Microsoft has released a list of products that are using the flawed Server Message Block 1 (SMB 1). The insecure and long-deprecrated SMB 1 protocol made ...

Microsoft this week started publishing a list of devices and software products that use Server Message Block 1 (SMB 1). The insecure and long-deprecrated SMB 1 protocol made headlines last month in ...

But with SMB 2.1 and the new version of Robocopy, full multithreaded operation is supported and we should therefore see better performance in these scenarios. So where does that leave those of us who ...

Currently, a large-scale ransomware outbreak in effect, using similar techinques as last month's WannaCry security incident. Update 6/28: Microsoft provided its analysis of the Petya ransomware in ...

FTSE 250+ organizations leave an average of 35 servers and devices exposed to the open internet, while 231 have “weak or non-existent” phishing defenses. According to research by Rapid7, many ...