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I stopped using SMB and switched to NFS for my Windows backups, and it was shockingly easy

I wasn't really expecting it to just work out of the box, but NFS is surprisingly viable.
Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Adds SMB Security Controls for Windows Insider Program Testers

Microsoft has added Server Message Block (SMB) security measures for IT pros, which are now available as part of an early Windows preview release, via the Windows Insider test program. Two new SMB ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 gets better protection against SMB brute-force attacks

Microsoft announced that the Windows 11 SMB server is now better protected against brute-force attacks with the release of the Insider Preview Build 25206 to the Dev Channel. Redmond has enabled the ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows 11 to let admins mandate SMB encryption for outbound connections

Windows 11 will let admins mandate SMB client encryption for all outbound connections, starting with today's Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 25982 rolling out to Insiders in the Canary Channel. SMB ...
ZDNet

Prometei botnet exploits Windows SMB to mine for cryptocurrency

A new botnet has been spotted in the wild which exploits the Microsoft Windows SMB protocol to move laterally across systems while covertly mining for cryptocurrency. In a report shared with ZDNet, on ...
SiliconANGLE

CISA urges immediate patching of exploited Windows SMB client vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has issued a warning relating to an actively targeted Microsoft Windows vulnerability that can be found in unpatched versions of Windows 10, Windows 11 ...