The company, which said earlier this week that it would also license its Common Internet File System (CIFS) protocol, will license the SMB file-sharing protocol later this summer, Microsoft spokesman ...

UPDATE: Since this article was published in our May 2012 issue, Microsoft has renamed SMB 2.2 to SMB 3.0. The story has been changed to reflect this. -- The Eds. Considering buying a SAN? Stop what ...

Microsoft is appealing to organizations to stop using Server Message Block (SMB) version 1. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions such as file sharing, as ...

SPEAR, the research team at Cylance, has discovered new attack vectors for an 18-year-old vulnerability in Windows Server Message Block (SMB). The updated attack vector, called Redirect to SMB, ...

Details about a new "wormable" vulnerability in the Microsoft Server Message Block (SMB) protocol have accidentally leaked online today during the preamble to Microsoft's regular Patch Tuesday update ...

SMB was originally developed for Windows OS but a later software implementation called Samba made it possible for SMB to be used on Mac OSs or UNIX. Server message blocks run on top of TCP/IP, via ...

Microsoft wants to kill the use of Server Message Block (SMB) version 1 by pleading to customers to stop using it. The SMB protocol works with server and client operating systems, enabling actions ...