Neowin

Microsoft is significantly improving SMB compression in Windows 11, here is how

Microsoft is making major changes to how SMB compression operates in Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. The enhancements will particularly interest IT admins and users in client-server environments.
Neowin

Windows 11 Canary Channel build 25992 has SMB protocol changes and Snipping Tool updates

Starting with this build (Build 25992), we are introducing the following Server Message Block (SMB) protocol changes. SMB firewall rule changes: Creating SMB shares changes a longtime Windows Defender ...
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

Microsoft: Windows 11 22H2 causes file copy performance hit

Microsoft has confirmed a new known issue causing customers to experience a significant performance hit when copying large files over SMB after installing the Windows 11 22H2 update. "There is a ...
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 ...