I noticed that I ran into a system error 1272 error to connect to a share residing on my NAS. In Windows 10, version 1709 and higher (also Windows Server versions 1709 and higher) SMB2 guest access is disabled by default. SMBv2 has the following behavior in Windows 10, version 1709, WindowsRead More →
Overzicht_patches_Meltdown_en_spectre Check out this document showing available updates (VMware/Microsoft/Linux) for Spectre and Meltdown. Read More →
On this website you can find all the information about the Dutch Cyber Security Center.Read More →
By default gpedit.msc is not enabled on Windows 10 Home (inclusing 7/8.1 editions). The good news it’s possible to enable this feature. @echo off pushd “%~dp0″ dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientExtensions-Package~3*.mum >List.txt dir /b %SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\Microsoft-Windows-GroupPolicy-ClientTools-Package~3*.mum >>List.txt for /f %%i in (‘findstr /i . List.txt 2^>nul’) do dism /online /norestart /add-package:”%SystemRoot%\servicing\Packages\%%i” pause CopyRead More →
Recently I wrote a couple of scripts to clear the browsing history and cache for IE, Firefox and Chrome Internet Explorer (Powershell) $t_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files” $c_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Caches” $d_path_7 = “C:\Users\$env:username\Downloads” $temporary_path = Test-Path $t_path_7 $check_cache = Test-Path $c_path_7 $check_download = Test-Path $d_path_7 if($temporary_path -eq $True -And $check_casheRead More →
Cloud backup (online data backup) is a service where data is remotely maintaned, managed and backed up. This service allows the use of storing backup files online, so that they can be accessed from any location due to the use of the internet. More and more people are backupping theirRead More →
With the amount of ransomware cases seeming to increase every day this is coming more and more a problem. Ransomware cost hundreds of millions in damages worldwide en is increasing rapidly. Modern total data protection solutions take snapshot based incremental backups on frequently based. if your business suffers a ransomwareRead More →
For my work I often deploy Linux VM’s. I use Lynis for checking my system for security isssues en baseline(s). Lynis is a security auditing tool for UNIX derivatives like Linux, macOS, BSD, Solaris, AIX, and others. It performs an in-depth security scan. Extensive reports in HTML and TXT areRead More →
CtxPatcher is a tool for downloading (and installing) updates for Citrix products. Just install the tool using next-next-next and enter your MyCitrix account details : Select the products, hit search and all available patches are ready to download. When you download the patches a install script is also created forRead More →
In this post I will describe how to configure the basic Linux firewall IPTABLES. Using iptables you can easily protect your server from intruders. Nowadays many people are hosting virtual machines on Linux (for example for hosting purposes). Ofcourse you can configure an external firewall, but you can also useRead More →