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Protect Your Systems Now from the Critical Windows SMBv3 RCE Vulnerability

CATO Networks

At the beginning of the month, Microsoft released an advisory and security patch for a serious Windows Server Message Block (SMB) vulnerability called the Windows SMBv3 Client/Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (AKA Windows SMBv3 RCE or CVE-2020-0796). Windows SMBv3 RCE isnt the first vulnerability in SMB.

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Cato Protects Against CVE-2023-23397 Exploits 

CATO Networks

An attacker can craft a.MSG file as a e form of a calendar invite that triggers an authentication attempt over the SMB protocol to an attacker-controlled endpoint without any user interaction. (.MSG Only SMB sessions terminating at known, trusted servers should be allowed.

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How to Stop WannaCrypt Infections with the Cato Cloud

CATO Networks

But what makes the attack so unusually virulent is how it exploits a vulnerability in the Windows SMB protocol. SMB is used by Windows machines for sharing files and the ransomware uses SMB to spread to other vulnerable devices on a network. Disrupt WannaCrypt communications with the Internet Firewall.

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The Latest Cyber Attacks Demonstrate the Need to Rethink Cybersecurity

CATO Networks

It is speculated that the attack on Travelex became possible because the company had failed to patch vulnerable VPN servers. The Cato Approach Here at Cato Networks, we have developed a solution to the security problem of unpatched VPN servers. We also address the shortcomings of VPNs.

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Cato SASE Cloud: Enjoy Simplified Configuration and Centralized, Global Policy Delivery

CATO Networks

Internet Firewall Rules enforce company-driven access policies to Internet websites and apps based on app name, category, port, protocol and service. Catos WAN Firewall provides granular control of traffic between all connected edges.

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Strategic Roadmap to SASE

CATO Networks

What components of SASE will be important in the SMB market now and in the next 5 years? You can offload internet security from your resource-constrained on-prem firewalls to an unlimited cloud-delivered security. Is Cato able to connect to other Next-gen firewalls through an IPsec / VPN tunnel?

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