Packet Pushers

MARCH 9, 2020

Let's Encrypt revokes millions of digital certs, Microsoft proposes SMB over QUIC for file access without a VPN (and an easier way to get through firewalls), big vendors offer extended free trials of conferencing software for companies considering remote work, Microsoft pays hourly workers full salaries during work slowdowns, and more.

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CATO Networks

MARCH 22, 2023

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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CATO Networks

MARCH 24, 2020

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 Networks

MAY 15, 2017

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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CATO Networks

AUGUST 18, 2022

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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CATO Networks

MAY 24, 2020

Since most ransomware enters a network after a phishing attack or by a user downloading software from an embedded link, our platform would detect the malicious code and the associated SMB traffic and prevent the lateral movement of the malicious code.

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VPN Server SASE Automotive 52

CATO Networks

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

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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