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I am using windows server 2022 standard. I have created failover cluster, with several roles, each role is controlling one windows service. Now I would like to check which service exactly is controlled by which role (basically the service … Continue reading Failover cluster – which process is role controlling? [migrated]
I am using windows server 2022 standard. I have created failover cluster, with several roles, each role is controlling one windows service. Now I would like to check which service exactly is controlled by which role (basically the service … Continue reading Failover cluster – which process is role controlling? [migrated]
Since making Kerberos the default Windows authentication protocol in 2000, Microsoft has been working on eventually retiring NTLM, its less secure and obsolete counterpart. Until NTLM gets disabled by default, Microsoft is working on shoring up defense… Continue reading Microsoft enforces defenses preventing NTLM relay attacks
On December 2024 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft resolved 71 vulnerabilities in a variety of its products, including a zero-day (CVE-2024-49138) that’s been exploited by attackers in the wild to execute code with higher privileges. CVE-2024-49138 exploi… Continue reading Microsoft fixes exploited zero-day (CVE-2024-49138)
November 2024 Patch Tuesday is here, and Microsoft has dropped fixes for 89 new security issues in its various products, two of which – CVE-2024-43451 and CVE-2024-49039 – are actively exploited by attackers. The exploited vulnerabilities (… Continue reading Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-days (CVE-2024-43451, CVE-2024-49039)
Microsoft quietly revealed yesterday that it has completed the development of Windows Server 2025, its latest LTSC Server release.
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I got the results of an internal pentest at my company and the job to fix it. The paper they gave me looked like the output i got from microsofts speculativecontrol powershell script from https://github.com/microsoft/SpeculationControl
Spe… Continue reading Spectre Mitigations Output for sucessful patch
Organizations that plan to upgrade to Windows Server 2025 once it becomes generally available will be able to implement some security updates by hotpatching running processes. What is hotpatching? “Hotpatching has been around for years in Windows… Continue reading Windows Server 2025 gets hotpatching option, without reboots
A fresh Windows Server installation (20212 R2), all updates applied. Sysmon v15.15 installed. Literally nothing else was installed/added. Never started a browser, never opened a web page. Only apps used were standard utilities that come wi… Continue reading Is it normal to have Sysmon detect CreateRemoteThread on a fresh and clean Windows Server installation?
I am working on a non-internet facing and internal/air-gapped system. The vendor providing the solution is using Total Commander for file transfer which they mention is based on SMB/CIFS. Additionally, the OS involved are Windows Sever 202… Continue reading Is SMB/CIFS secure?