Microsoft has said that the last step in removal of SMBv1 has been taken. In the Windows 11 Home Dev preview versions that are out now, you won't be able to use the old file sharing method as default.

Microsoft announced today that the 30-year-old SMBv1 file-sharing protocol is now disabled by default on Windows systems running the latest Windows 11 Home Dev channel builds, the last editions of ...

A couple of days ago, out of the blue, Google released an open-source Samba client for Android, bringing users the convenience of being able to easily mount and access files over a network using the ...

Just over two weeks ago, Google released a Samba client for Android out of the blue and without much fuss, bringing users the ability to mount Windows shares and conveniently move files. Unfortunately ...

Dr. Chris Hillman, Global AI Lead at Teradata, joins eSpeaks to explore why open data ecosystems are becoming essential for enterprise AI success. In this episode, he breaks down how openness — in ...

Microsoft is advising administrators to disable the SMBv1 network communication protocol on Exchange servers to provide better protection against malware threats and attacks. Since 2016, Microsoft has ...

Nearly nine out of every 10 companies have devices that use outdated protocols, such as Microsoft's Server Message Block version 1 for sharing files, giving attackers that breach the network perimeter ...

Due to the absence of the SMBv1 protocol, you will encounter failure when trying to connect to a file share. This has been happening to some of us when trying to map the network share involving the ...

The SMBv1 file-sharing protocol abused by the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit to spread WannaCry ransomware is being disabled in the upcoming Windows Fall Creators Update, or Redstone 3. The crusty SMBv1 ...