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Passing Linux/UNIX Audits and Meeting Regulatory Compliance With Symark PowerPassword, User Management Edition and Symark PowerBroker
White Paper PowerPassword UME and PowerBroker address native UNIX/Linux security problems with account and password management, and access to root privileges. This paper addresses the use of Symark PowerPassword,... [01 Oct 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News As the developers were able to grant the back-end part of the program privileges to run without express user approval every time the machine starts up, they claimed Windows Vista's security limitations... [29 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 18.04.08
Round-Up Cross was the group program manager for UAC, which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard user mode rather than having administrator privileges, and offers a prompt if they try to... [18 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of designing User Account Control (UAC), which, when activated, requires people to run Vista in standard... [14 Apr 2008]
SSH: The Secure Shell - Per-Account Server Configuration
White Paper Each user configures his own account, using the facilities highlighted, without needing special privileges or assistance from the system administrator. As the name implies,... [17 Oct 2007]
Kaspersky attacks Vista security controls
News Security company Kaspersky claims Windows Vista's User Account Control (UAC) - the system of user privileges that can be used to restrict users' administrative rights -... [19 Mar 2007]
Vista: Security industry ready for retail launch
News Also, User Account Control runs a Vista PC with fewer user privileges, in an effort to keep malicious code from doing as much damage as it would on a machine running in... [18 Jan 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News LMH, the alias of one of the two security researchers behind the Month of the Apple Bugs, said: "The risk is having your system compromised by a remote attacker, who can perform any operation under privileges of your... [03 Jan 2007]
Teach Your Apps to Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
White Paper When more privileges are necessary to execute a restricted operation, the user will be prompted for authorization on the secure desktop. This starts with creating a restricted, or filtered, token during... [16 Dec 2006]
Teach Your Apps to Play Nicely With Windows Vista User Account Control
When more privileges are necessary to execute a restricted operation, the user will be prompted for authorization on the secure desktop. This starts with creating a restricted, or filtered, token during... [16 Dec 2006]
MSDN Webcast: Identifying Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) Bugs With the LUA Buglight Tool (Level 200)
White Paper Applications that unnecessarily require administrative privileges are among the biggest obstacles to secure desktop deployment, and this is not likely to change for Windows Vista deployments. Designing applications to... [15 Dec 2006]
Vista: 'Expect hackers to find holes'
News Another target for hackers will be the system of user privileges - User Account Control (UAC), which can be used to restrict users' administrative rights. Gostev said:... [12 Dec 2006]
MSDN Webcast: Best Practices for User Account Control in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper This webcast explores Windows User Account Control (UAC), a new security feature in the Windows Vista operating system and explains how User Account Control reduces the... [08 Dec 2006]
Achieve the Non-Admin Dream With User Account Control
White Paper Fewer users running with administrator privileges is a worthy goal in most IT organizations. But while IT administrators generally agree that restricting users to a standard user account... [06 Dec 2006]
User Account Control Overview
White Paper In Windows Vista, Microsoft has developed a simple and more secure mechanism for running in Standard User mode with common operating system configuration tasks that currently require elevated privileges. [06 Dec 2006]
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