Microsoft is investigating LSASS memory leaks (caused by Windows Server updates released during the November Patch Tuesday) that might lead to freezes and restarts on some domain controllers. LSASS ...

Microsoft shared info on a now-fixed known issue leading to Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) crashes and Windows Server domain controller. SolarWinds has patched a new Serv-U ...

Federal agencies running Windows domain controllers face a hard deadline after the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security ...

SafeBreach researchers demonstrate how attackers can crash Windows domain controllers and build a botnet using unauthenticated RPC and LDAP vulnerabilities. At DEF CON 33, security researchers ...

At our organization I'm responsible for our Windows infrastructure and another guy looks after all the Linux/*nix stuff. We're currently running a domain using Windows 2003 R2 Domain Controllers with ...

Microsoft is ending support for a registry key that served as a workaround for certificate-based authentication in Windows Domain Controllers. Back in May 2022, Microsoft released security updates for ...

I'm exploring replacing a NT4 server which is the domain controller and file server for a small network of 6 client machines. However, I've never used samba before, or anything else to do it.<BR>The ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

The Kerberos authentication method originated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1980s, as part of a project called Athena. The project involved integrating the computers on the MIT ...

The next version of Windows Server is coming soon, and in this article I'll look at some of the improvements and new features. Recently Microsoft held a Windows Server summit, full of (pre-recorded ...