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How to Extract Content from VMDK Files

May 21, 2024 By SecuritySenses In SecuritySenses
Virtualization technology has revolutionized the IT landscape, enabling businesses to optimize their infrastructure and improve the flexibility of their systems. One of the key components in virtual environments is the Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) file format, developed by VMware. Extracting content from VMDK files can be crucial for system management and data recovery. This article explores the nature of VMDK files, reasons for extracting their contents, and various methods to achieve this, including the use of DiskInternals VMFS Recovery.
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User Account Control Settings Hardening Guide (2024)

May 21, 2024 By John Gates In CalCom
User Account Control (UAC) serves as a security feature in Windows, aiming to safeguard the operating system from unauthorized modifications. Whenever alterations demand administrator-level permissions, UAC prompts the user, allowing them to either authorize or reject the requested change. User Account Control (UAC) provides several benefits, especially in maintaining security and minimizing risks associated with administrative privilege.
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Windows 11 Boosts Security: NTLM Out, Kerberos In

May 21, 2024 By Preciouse Gross In CalCom
Microsoft’s initiative to phase out NTLM authentication in favor of the more secure Kerberos protocol was originally announced back in October 2023. At that time, the Windows maker declared its intention to deprecate NTLM and encourage organizations to transition to Kerberos for authentication purposes across its ecosystem. Microsoft announced this week that later this year they are expecting to retire NTLM authentication in Windows 11.
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How to Build an NPM Package for ESM and CJS

May 20, 2024 By Snyk In Snyk
In this video, we show you how to build an NPM package that is compatible with ESM and CJS. Have you built an NPM package before? if so, share it down below in the comments! Snyk helps you find and fix vulnerabilities in your code, open-source dependencies, containers, infrastructure-as-code, software pipelines, IDEs, and more! Move fast, stay secure.
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Interactive Logon Machine Inactivity Limits

May 16, 2024 By John Gates In CalCom
Interactive logon: Machine inactivity limit is among the 9 Interactive logon security settings. If a user hasn’t been active on their Windows session for a while and surpasses the set limit, this setting typically determines how long the user can remain inactive before being automatically logged out of their session on the machine. The recommended state for this setting is: 900 or fewer second(s), but not 0.
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