topic NetBIOS Brute Force of Accounts in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetBIOS-Brute-Force-of-Accounts/m-p/37324#M3432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P>IT security area have sent us this alarm related to a NAS.</P><P>Does Someone know about IT? How must we fix it?</P><P>Below I have attached further details about it</P><P></P><P></P><P>THREAT:</P><P>User access (login and password) was obtained during a brute force attack session.</P><P>IMPACT:</P><P>Unauthorized users can penetrate your shared files, steal data, and rapidly</P><P>compromise this host. The account shown below was obtained using a brute force</P><P>method.</P><P>SOLUTION:</P><P>Please change the user password or disable it completely. You should also review</P><P>your password policy and eliminate guessable passwords.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:08:42 GMT ROGERIO24 2025-06-05T06:08:42Z NetBIOS Brute Force of Accounts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetBIOS-Brute-Force-of-Accounts/m-p/37324#M3432 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi</P><P>IT security area have sent us this alarm related to a NAS.</P><P>Does Someone know about IT? How must we fix it?</P><P>Below I have attached further details about it</P><P></P><P></P><P>THREAT:</P><P>User access (login and password) was obtained during a brute force attack session.</P><P>IMPACT:</P><P>Unauthorized users can penetrate your shared files, steal data, and rapidly</P><P>compromise this host. The account shown below was obtained using a brute force</P><P>method.</P><P>SOLUTION:</P><P>Please change the user password or disable it completely. You should also review</P><P>your password policy and eliminate guessable passwords.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:08:42 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetBIOS-Brute-Force-of-Accounts/m-p/37324#M3432 ROGERIO24 2025-06-05T06:08:42Z Re: NetBIOS Brute Force of Accounts https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetBIOS-Brute-Force-of-Accounts/m-p/37329#M3434 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>I guess this simply means someone, presumably someone performing a security audit on your network, was able to get access to your NAS storage system because at least one account on it had a weak password.</P><P></P><P>You basically need to set up your systems with strong passwords ...</P><P></P><P>Best regards</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 03 Mar 2013 10:22:40 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetBIOS-Brute-Force-of-Accounts/m-p/37329#M3434 uptimenow 2013-03-03T10:22:40Z