An independent security researcher has released details on a two-stage malware attack against Windows Vista to show how easy it is for non-privileged code to replace shortcuts on the Start Menu and ...

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BeyondTrust Corporation, the first provider of Least Privilege Management solutions, today announced BeyondTrust Privilege Manager 3.5, the first product to ...

No matter the reason, it is still a nuisance for many. Home users may opt to shut off the feature, but for businesses the hesitancy to leave a desktop in a state where users can perform administrative ...

Is the UAC (User Account Control) mechanism built into Windows 7 beta broken? So, do these UAC issues present a security risk to users, or has Microsoft neutered UAC ...

The TrickBot Trojan has switched to a new Windows 10 UAC bypass to execute itself with elevated privileges without showing a User Account Control prompt. Windows uses a security mechanism called User ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7’s User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by saying ...

Microsoft described the Windows User Account Control (UAC) security feature as helping “defend your PC against hackers and malicious software. Any time a program wants to make a major change to your ...

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...