Re:Oakland Declares State of Emergency Due to Ransomware Attack
by mr_mitm on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:04PM
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Just exposing SMB on port 445 by default is a huge issue. The vast majority of systems does not need to provide this service, yet there have been two catastrophic RCE vulnerabilities (MS08-067 and MS17-010) in this service. Also, it's basically like an SSH service for attackers to move laterally within the network. If it's not a file server, domain controller or print server, it should probably be turned off or at least severely restricted for a whitelist of hosts.
Next, the NTLMv2 authentication protocol is on by default and vulnerable to relay attacks and offline password guessing attacks. Plus: pass-the-hash vulnerable. Huge problem in corporate networks.
I'd argue the broadcast domain name resolution protocols like NBNS or mDNS are unsafe as well.
Disclaimer: if you were just talking about Windows on your home desktop PC, then yeah nevermind.
Next, the NTLMv2 authentication protocol is on by default and vulnerable to relay attacks and offline password guessing attacks. Plus: pass-the-hash vulnerable. Huge problem in corporate networks.
I'd argue the broadcast domain name resolution protocols like NBNS or mDNS are unsafe as well.
Disclaimer: if you were just talking about Windows on your home desktop PC, then yeah nevermind.