Samba released fixes for its networking software to address two critical vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to change admin password or launch DoS attacks. Two critical patches for the free ...

As Linux makes its way into previously Microsoft-only environments, whether in a server or desktop capacity, it is likely that Samba becomes involved in the process of integrating the systems. Hot on ...

I’ve mentioned Samba in this newsletter before http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2003/0811nt2.html?rl, but a short refresher course might be in order ...

The open-source development team releases an update to its Samba software for connecting Windows desktop PCs with Linux or Unix servers. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

The administrators behind the open-source Samba software platform have issued an emergency patch for a security hole that potentially could allow hackers to upload malicious files to vulnerable ...

Programmers release a major update to the software that lets Linux computers mimic Windows machines, encroaching further onto Microsoft's turf. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

Samba is a software package for UNIX systems that provides file and printer sharing services via the SMB and CIFS protocols. Samba allows Linux, Mac, FreeBSD users to set up shared folders and access ...

Programmers have released a major update to Samba, software that lets Linux computers mimic Windows machines, encroaching further onto Microsoft's turf. Samba lets a computer share files or manage ...

A couple of bugs in some versions of Samba software can help an attacker crash key processes on the network in charge of providing directory, application, and other services. The two vulnerabilities ...

Thursday, developers working on the open source Samba project are expected to unveil the first major release of their Unix and Linux file server software in two years. After four months of bug testing ...

Users of the open-source Samba software are being urged to patch their code following the discovery of a critical bug in the file-and-print software. The bug is one of three vulnerabilities that were ...