Script for detecting potentially vulnerable Log4j jars [CVE-2021-44228] on Windows Server

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Update 2021-12-18 – This looks like a much more competent script for detecting this vulnerability and there is a python version for Linux: https://github.com/CERTCC/CVE-2021-44228_scanner Updated 2021-12-17 – Script is v1.4 and looks for .war files now too Original post below Inspired by the one-liner here: https://gist.github.com/Neo23x0/e4c8b03ff8cdf1fa63b7d15db6e3860b#find-vulnerable-software-windows I wrote a script to expand on the command, … Read more

Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service will not start after November 2021 updates

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Update – 2021-12-15 – I can confirm that the December Windows Updates have fixed this issue for us.   After installing OS updates on all of our servers in November 2021 we ended up with three servers, all running 2019 Core and all Domain Controllers, where the Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection Service would not … Read more

Is enabling SMB Signing on your NetApp a non-disruptive change?

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We received the following alert from our ActiveIQ Unified Management Appliance (and a similiar one in ActiveIQ / AutoSupport): Alert from Active IQ Unified Manager: Advisory ID: NTAP-20160412-0001 You can find more details here: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20160412-0001/ After reviewing it, fixing it seemed like a straight forward change but I wanted to know, is enabling SMB signing … Read more