Collaborate Disseminate
After a WebEx presentation is recorded, the recording cannot be played in-browser without installing a browser extension that requires invasive permissions to access the user’s data for all websites:
There is no “temporar… Continue reading Do WebEx’s requirements open security holes?
I am studying about different methods to perform UAC bypass mainly from UACME
I saw a lot of method for bypassing UAC with the use of COM objects, with IFileOperation as a very common example, with DLL injection as a prelimi… Continue reading Is using different COMs such as IFileOperation really necessary for UAC bypass
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Hardened PC configuration of the company by giving a separate admin account to each employee, recorded in his/her KeePass, much stronger than a user-created one (at least 20 chars), so quite impossible to remember … Continue reading Risk of disabling usage of secure desktop for elevation prompt (to allow copy paste admin password) on a Personal Computer?
The standard role-separation mechanism in Windows for a local administrator is to have a single account, but protect it using UAC, and configure it for Always Notify if increased security is desired. Unfortunately, this mecha… Continue reading Would a mechanism for a same-password separate admin account solve the problem of UAC bypasses in Windows?
After Vista came out, security professionals argued that UAC wasn’t actually a security barrier, and Microsoft eventually admitted it isn’t. But the case they were talking about was a local administrator, who just has to clic… Continue reading Microsoft said UAC is not a security barrier. But in what cases?
Attackers, purportedly hailing from Korea, are stepping up their malware campaign with three new techniques ranging from abusing UAC and targeting Windows 10. Continue reading Sanny Malware Updates Delivery Method
I downloaded MongoDB 3.4 from the MongoDB website here
When I run the .msi file to install, I am prompted with the following screen asking me if I trust a39adfe.msi
A Google search for a39adfe.msi turns up nothing.
Does an… Continue reading Suspicious app name in Windows 10 permission prompt
Does enabling UAC and setting the Admin approval behavior to Elevate without prompting provide any form of extra security to Administrator account. Note that my use case is for a Kiosk application where user interaction in Admin mode is ve… Continue reading Is UAC enabled and set to Elevate without prompt actually a security protection?
Does enabling UAC and setting the Admin approval behavior to Elevate without prompting provide any form of extra security to Administrator account. Note that my use case is for a Kiosk application where user interaction in Ad… Continue reading Is UAC enabled and set to Elevate without prompt actually a security protection?
Looking at Firewall logs, I see that consent.exe, which is responsible for the Windows 7 UAC UI, attempts to connect to the internet. I have verified the file is a genuine executable provided by Microsoft.
Does anyone know … Continue reading Windows 7 consent.exe attempting to access the internet