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minute read Share this article: The sophisticated threat is targeting Microsoft Exchange servers via ProxyLogon in a wave of fresh attacks against North American targets. The Lemon Duck cryptocurrency-mining botnet has added the ProxyLogon group of exploits to its bag of tricks, targeting Microsoft Exchange servers. That’s according to researchers at Cisco Talos, who said that the cybercrime group behind Lemon Duck has also added the Cobalt Strike attack framework into its malwar...

by Recently, AWS launched Amazon FSx File Gateway as a new type of AWS Storage Gateway, providing customers with a way to access data stored in the cloud with Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, instead of using and managing on-premises file servers. Amazon FSx File Gateway optimizes the on-premises access of file shares by maintaining a local cache of frequently-accessed data. AWS Storage Gateway, the public cloud provider, offers customers a hybrid cloud storage service with almost unlimited ...

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fibre Channel (FC-NVMe) NAS Protocols – Common Internet File Services / Server Message Block (CIFS/SMB). This is the protocol that Windows usually uses. Network File System (NFS). NFS was first developed for use with UNIX servers and is also a common Linux protocol. How Does Enterprise Storage Work? Preconfigured iSCSI initiators manage central storage using SAN pool storage. Software is used for this purpose like StoneFly St...

Fortune 500 Security Shows Progress and Pitfalls Fortune 500 companies have improved on email security and vulnerability disclosure programs but struggle in asset management and high-risk services. A deep dive into the security of Fortune 500 organizations reveals they have improved, albeit "slowly and unevenly," with gains made in email security and vulnerability disclosure programs (VDPs) and progress lagging in asset management and high-risk services, researchers report. Rapid7s "Internet Cy...

Microsoft has ended support for the classic non-chromium Edge browser Microsoft has announced the end of support for the classic non-chromium Edge Legacy browser. While Microsoft Edge on the proprietary EdgeHTML engine is included in the Windows 10 operating system. The user gets three preinstalled browsers at once – Internet Explorer, the old Edge and the new Edge. Back in the day, Microsoft Edge became the moral successor to Internet Explorer; making it the default browser in Windows 10. In...

Mar 2, 2021 17:55 EST Microsoft introduced Windows 10 version 21H1 in February. The company allowed Insiders in the Beta Channel to install this new version but didnt force the version on everyone following the "seeker" experience. That changes today as Windows 10 21H1 is now being offered as a "recommended update" to Insiders in the Beta Channel, the company confirmed through a tweet. This means that even if you chose not to install version 21H1, you will automatically get it now if you ...

The Ryuk scourge has a new trick in its arsenal: Self-replication via SMB shares and port scanning. A new version of the Ryuk ransomware is capable of worm-like self-propagation within a local network, researchers have found. The variant first emerged in Windows-focused campaigns earlier in 2021, according to the French National Agency for the Security of Information Systems (ANSSI). The agency said that it achieves self-replication by scanning for network shares, and then copying a unique vers...

New Windows Server ahoy - but the company would rather talk about Azure Tim Anderson Tue 2 Mar 2021 // 14:00 UTC Share Copy Ignite Microsoft has released a preview of Windows Server 2022, with "secured core", improved Windows Containers, and MsQuic protocol support in the kernel. Windows Server can also be deployed using an "as a service" model in the style of Windows 10, though there are important differences. The regularly updated version is simply called Windows Serve...

Hackers can launch attacks through Win10 web fonts. This vulnerability comes from the Windows font renderer, Microsoft DirectWrite.

Feb 17, 2021 17:35 EST Microsoft has introduced the next feature update for Windows 10, naming it version 21H1. The company is bypassing tradition and releasing 21H1 as a minor update, similar to H2 feature updates. Microsoft said that it understands the "importance of providing the best possible update experience to help people and organizations stay protected and productive," which is why for the first time ever, an H1 feature update release will be delivered in an optimized way using s...