Guide | How To The simple way to mitigate over 90% of Critical Microsoft Vulnerabilities

[FreddyFreeloader]

Unconvinced about the importance of removing user admin rights? Read on for some compelling reasons why user privileges should be at the top of your security agenda in 2014.
We’ve been analyzing the regular security updates issued by Microsoft in 2013, issued each month on “Patch Tuesday”, to determine the effect of admin rights for mitigating known Microsoft vulnerabilities. The findings highlight the huge number of vulnerabilities that are greatly lessened in environments where there are no privileged users.
Key findings from this report, entitled “2013 Microsoft Vulnerabilities Study: Mitigating Risk by Removing User Privileges” show that:

• Of the 147 vulnerabilities reported by Microsoft in 2013 with a Critical severity rating, 92% were concluded to be mitigated by removing administrator rights
• 96% of Critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows Operating Systems could be mitigated by removing admin rights
• 100% of all vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer in 2013 could be mitigated by removing admin rights.

http://blog.avecto.com/2014/02/the-...e-over-90-critical-microsoft-vulnerabilities/

 

[Cats-4_Owners-2]

As the article stated, "Without user admin rights, any malware threat is contained and prevented from infiltrating the corporate network where it can inflict the most damage." I wonder how the individual (private) computer user might further lock down system security.

 

[Jcwisgod]

I'm busted, I always use an Admin account, I wonder if there are programs like DropMyRights that still work

 

[Ink]

That's the Windows way, because Linux and Mac don't promote using Admin (Privileged) accounts.