Why is this Device Guard setting located in a different location from the rest? [migrated]

Device Guard and Secured-core PC configurations are mostly located in this registry location:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\DeviceGuard

so, all in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM
Now I’m trying to find the registry keys of… Continue reading Why is this Device Guard setting located in a different location from the rest? [migrated]

Is it still recommended to block Living Off The Land Binaries (LOLBins) in Firewall?

https://lolbas-project.github.io/
Realistically, do we still need to block cmd.exe or certutil.exe in Windows firewall, on latest version of Windows? Lolbins are for Linux too but my question is only for Windows.
There are Attack Surface R… Continue reading Is it still recommended to block Living Off The Land Binaries (LOLBins) in Firewall?

How to secure Windows computer from any unsolicited connections? [closed]

My goal is to block all incoming unsolicited connections to a Windows computer.
I’ve read that Windows Firewall is stateful and it can tell the difference between solicited and unsolicited traffic.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previou… Continue reading How to secure Windows computer from any unsolicited connections? [closed]