Attackers are free-riding Linux servers with an unpatched Samba bug to mine for the monero cryptocurrency. Now would be a good time install a patch released by open-source project Samba on May 25.

Many small businesses think the servers they use all run Windows operating systems, but many file server appliances are Linux-based systems using Samba for interoperability with their Windows or Mac ...

Topic ===== remote root exploit in samba server Problem Description ===== A flaw has been found in the Samba main smbd code which could allow an external attacker to remotely and anonymously gain ...

First I'll start out with the desired behavior of this configuration: Windows clients should be able to browse to their "home" directory on the Linux/Samba server and be transparently authenticated ...

Just about the only network task that I don't trust Linux with is being a file server for Windows clients.<BR><BR>I use NT boxes as file servers, because I can load Symantec's Enterprise Antivirus ...