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Eliminating Lateral Threat Movement INSIDE factory, branch, and campus networks

Network World

For network engineers and security leaders tasked with securing modern enterprise environments, the challenge of preventing lateral threat movement is critical. The emergence of IoT and OT devices, which are frequently deployed in factory and branch networks, has further complicated the issue.

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EternalRocks network worm uses 7 NSA hacking tools

Network World

At least one person is leveraging seven leaked NSA hacking tools for a new EternalRocks network worm. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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What Is SMB (Server Message Block)? Meaning, Working, and Features

IT Toolbox

The server message block or SMB protocol provides shared access to printers, files, etc., running on a connected network. The post What Is SMB (Server Message Block)? Meaning, Working, and Features appeared first on.

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What to do about WannaCry if you’re infected or if you’re not

Network World

Today is likely to be painful for many organizations all over the world that took the weekend off and are returning to the work-week to find hundreds or thousands of computers on their networks encrypted by WannaCry ransomware, which surfaced Friday and has been propagating ever since. That’s where the flaw is that it attacks.

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Microsoft will likely fix Windows SMB denial-of-service flaw on Patch Tuesday

Network World

Microsoft will likely wait until February 14 to fix a publicly disclosed vulnerability in the SMB network file sharing protocol that can be exploited to crash Windows computers. The vulnerability was disclosed Thursday when the security researcher who found it posted a proof-of-concept exploit for it on GitHub.

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Massive Ransomware Outbreak Highlights Need For A Digital Extortion Decision Tree

Forrester IT

5/12/2017 might be another day of cyber-infamy based on malware as hospitals and critical infrastructure providers are locked out of their machines due to what appears to be a new variant of ransomware dubbed WannaCry spreading through corporate networks.

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How to print from the Linux command line: double-sided, landscape and more

Network World

lpinfo -v file cups-brf:/ network beh direct hp network ipps network lpd network socket network http network ipp network https network smb direct hpfax network socket://192.168.0.15 network dnssd://HP%20Color%20LaserJet%20CP2025dn%20(F47468)._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/

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