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SMB (Server Message Block) Protocol Basics

SMB in a CLI world

If you are new or like me forget the bazzilion command syntaxes in the world, the use of the man command will be super helpful as well as google foo! To help people on their way here are some example of basic SMB tools, these come with kali.

SMB Ports

SMB typically operated on TCP 445

Nmap Example

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How to create a variable in PowerShell?

If you are just starting out in powershell then you are going to need to know how to do some basics right.

Firstly launch an Integrated Development Environment. Built into Windows is Powershell ISE (integrated script environment) but you can also use Visual Studio of Visual Studio code (or go crazy and write it in Notepad or Notepad++/Sublime/Your editor of choice).

So once we have our editor open we need to create a variable:

Variables in PowerShell use the dollar symbol: “$” e.g.

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Endpoint Security – The Essentials

It’s called essentials it’s not called advanced!

Have you ever wondered what the absolute minimum you should do is to protect against cyber criminals? I’ll be honest I haven’t, that minimalistic approach to be seems kind of risky… BUT the world is not me and if you want to achive greatness you need a good foundation! So the essentials are good to know.

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