We are an AD domain. In certain cases we make users members of the local “Administrators” group on their laptop or desktop.<BR><BR>Recently, we have noticed that even domain users with local admin ...

The exploit uses an insecure behavior of Windows Defender and a file API to secure system rights. It is still unpatched.

WILMINGTON, Del., Jan. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Securden, Inc., a leading provider of Privileged Access and Identity Security solutions, today announced that it has been recognized in the Gartner ...

I need to check if the currently logged-on user (NT, 2000, XP) had admin privileges by checking a registry key. Is this even possible? <BR><BR>Actually, I need to check if the user can install ...

Patching software is important, but there are often good reasons why it can’t happen right away. A recent analysis of Microsoft’s 2015 security bulletins shows that restricting account privileges ...

Microsoft is improving Google's Chrome in one aspect to make it as good as Edge is. The company is working on blocking Admin rights. Back in April 2019, Microsoft made Edge capable of detecting when a ...

Nine of out 10 critical bugs reported by Microsoft last year could have been made moot, or at least made less dangerous, if people ran Windows without administrative rights, a developer of enterprise ...