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User Access Control: Standard User vs Protected Administrator
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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 418878" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>Topic: <u>User Account Control: Standard User versus Protected Administrator Accounts</u> - <a href="https://www.petri.com/user-account-control-standard-user-versus-protected-administrator-accounts" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">PETRI.COM</span></strong></a></p><p></p><p>Introduced in Windows Vista, User Account Control (UAC) is an umbrella term for a collection of technologies — including registry and file virtualization, integrity levels, and elevation prompts — making it easier to use Windows with less privileges. In this article,<strong> <em>I’ll explain why using a standard user account is more secure than a UAC Protected Administrator.</em></strong></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">UAC is not a security boundary</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bypass UAC using DLL hijacking techniques</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">IT staff and privileged credentials</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Exposing domain administrator credentials</li> </ul><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><a href="https://www.petri.com/user-account-control-standard-user-versus-protected-administrator-accounts" target="_blank">CONTINUE READING</a></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 418878, member: 3"] Topic: [U]User Account Control: Standard User versus Protected Administrator Accounts[/U] - [URL='https://www.petri.com/user-account-control-standard-user-versus-protected-administrator-accounts'][B][SIZE=3]PETRI.COM[/SIZE][/B][/URL] Introduced in Windows Vista, User Account Control (UAC) is an umbrella term for a collection of technologies — including registry and file virtualization, integrity levels, and elevation prompts — making it easier to use Windows with less privileges. In this article,[B] [I]I’ll explain why using a standard user account is more secure than a UAC Protected Administrator.[/I][/B] [LIST] [*]UAC is not a security boundary [*]Bypass UAC using DLL hijacking techniques [*]IT staff and privileged credentials [*]Exposing domain administrator credentials [/LIST] [B][SIZE=3][URL='https://www.petri.com/user-account-control-standard-user-versus-protected-administrator-accounts']CONTINUE READING[/URL][/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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