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Ever since UAC was introduced in Windows, you haven’t been able to use the elevated program as a drag/drop target – the “no entry” icon just appears when the mouse hovers over it. I don’t think there’s a technical reason for… Continue reading Why can’t programs run as administrator be a drag/drop target?
UACme is a compiled, C-based tool which contains a number of methods to defeat Windows User Account Control commonly known as UAC. It abuses the built-in Windows AutoElevate backdoor and contains 41 methods. The tool requires an Admin account with the … Continue reading UACMe – Defeat Windows User Account Control (UAC)
In this comment there is a comment mentioning a “secure UAC prompt” where the user can enter a password.
KeePass actually does have systems in place to stop keyloggers (such
as only allowing the master password to be en… Continue reading Secure UAC prompt
In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to shut down a remote workgroup computer using PowerShell.
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How does ransomware get the permissions to encrypt your disk?
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That is… Continue reading Can ransomware run without prompting user? [duplicate]
So there a number of sources (e.g. this) that recommend leaving UAC (User Account Control) turned on on PCs, however there isn’t much talk about UAC on servers.
In fact the only thing I could find was this old discussion from 2009.
I gue… Continue reading Should UAC be turned on or off on servers?
Researcher Matt Nelson disclosed another Windows UAC bypass, this one abusing the sdclt.exe backup and restore utility to execute a payload without triggering an alert. Continue reading Fileless UAC Bypass Uses Windows Backup and Restore Utility
When installing software on a standard user account, is it safer to use the UAC pop up to type the admin password into, or switch user to admin then do the install in that user?
Continue reading UAC or logging into admin account first before installing software?
Researcher Matt Nelson disclosed another Windows UAC bypass that makes use of Event Viewer to hijack registry entries and run code. Continue reading Latest Windows UAC Bypass Permits Code Execution
Launching a BypassUAC attack just got a bit easier with a new Windows User Account Control bypass technique that can fly under the radar of security solutions that monitor for this type of circumvention. Continue reading Windows UAC Bypass Leaves Systems Open to Malicious DLLs