More Secure With Microsoft LAPS Avoiding Lateral Movement Risks

Dear JDisc friends, this post also focuses on security but is specifically aimed at preventing a particular threat: lateral movement risks. Lateral movement describes a set of techniques that cybercriminals use to navigate a compromised network, find vulnerabilities and escalate access rights. The term “lateral movement” stems from the attackers’ sideways progression through devices, applications,[...]
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Now More Secure with Kerberos Authentication for WMI, SMB, and Windows Remote Login

Dear JDisc friends, an issue in JDisc Discovery has been its reliance on the NTLM protocol for authenticating access credentials to Windows directory or domain member computers, rather than leveraging the more secure Kerberos protocol. This issue arose because the discovery process accessed Windows directory or domain member computers exclusively through their IPv4 or IPv6[...]
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Network Topology Diagrams – Persistence and Aggregations

Web UI – JDisc Diagrams
Dear JDisc friends, as you already know, with JDisc Discovery release 5199, we have introduced a new set of features in our Web UI to support diagrams. In addition to the classic built-in reports, diagrams offer a new way to view and navigate JDisc Discovery data. The core concept of our diagrams is to represent the[...]
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How to integrate Password Manager AceBit with JDisc Discovery

Dear JDisc users, due to customers requests, we have integrated a new password manager called AceBIT  Password Depot. Generally, password managers are essential tools in the digital age, offering a secure and convenient way to manage the growing number of passwords required for online accounts. As the volume and complexity of online services increase, so[...]
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How to Scan CloudFoundry Instances with JDisc Discovery!

Dear JDisc friends, JDisc Discovery is a lan scanner and we have supported Kubernetes scans for some time. Now, we have added CloudFoundry, the second platform as a service technology, to our discovery. CloudFoundry is an open-source Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables organizations to build, deploy, and scale applications efficiently across multiple cloud environments. Initially developed[...]
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Network Diagrams – Relationships visualized easily

Dear JDisc friends, with JDisc Discovery release 5199, we have introduced a new set of features in our Web UI to support diagrams. In addition to the classic built-in reports, the diagrams offer a new way to view and navigate JDisc Discovery data. The main building blocks of JDisc diagrams are the entities. Such entities[...]
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How to document your Kubernetes Cluster

Dear JDisc friends, with release build 5198 for our network scanner JDisc Discovery, we have completely changed the way we scan Kubernetes clusters. Up until now, users were able to define default access tokens for Kubernetes clusters, which were tried against the cluster whenever we found one. This approach does not really make a lot[...]
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New Remote Desktop Services Client Access License Discovery

What are Client Access Licenses (CALs)? Client Access Licenses (CALs) are a licensing model used by software vendors, especially for server software like Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop, to regulate how users and devices access their servers. Essentially, CALs provide authorization for users or devices to connect to and utilize the server software’s services. CAL servers[...]
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How to create your own Custom Reports!

Dear JDisc friends, One of the significant features that JDisc Discovery provides, to strengthen reporting operations over the collected data, is Custom Reports. Apart from the numerous predefined reports, users might configure their own reports inside the application and cover their special needs.  Custom reports might be configured through a guiding wizard or by providing[...]
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SSH Vulnerability – CVE-2023-48795

Dear JDisc friends, we have been notified by our SSH client library vendor Jadaptive that there is a critical security issue within the SSH server and client implementations. Refer to the terrapin-attach homepage and check out the CVE-2023-48795 for more details! What does that mean to you? Well, on the JDisc Discovery side you will[...]
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