Facebook has come under fire this week for the massive Cambridge Analytica controversy sweeping the internet, which gave way to the #DeleteFacebook campaign. But even in light of the situation, it ...

People are never satisfied are they? They want security, but they don’t want the weight of all that armor. Our annual Privileged Access Management survey showed up some interesting results around the ...

Unlike standard users and guests, administrators in Windows 7 can control most aspects of the operating system, such as installing and removing programs and drivers, and making changes to the registry ...

Some files force programs to perform operations that require administrator rights. As an example, if you received a ZIP file containing several business spreadsheets ...

Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.… The fix was related to CVE-2025-50173, which ...

Facebook Messenger, the company's messaging app, supports group chats, which are convenient for arranging events or keeping up-to-date with multiple friends outside of the primary Facebook product.

PowerToys will display the ‘We’ve detected an application running with administrator privileges‘ notification when an elevated process is detected. PowerToys only needs to be elevated when it has to ...

A researcher has created a remote print server allowing any Windows user with limited privileges to gain complete control over a device simply by installing a print driver. In June, a security ...

As the common saying goes, “all networked computers are vulnerable to exploits, but some networked computers are more vulnerable than others”. While not the exact wording from Animal Farm, the saying ...

In the 20-plus years I’ve spent consulting, hand-holding, troubleshooting and securing networks one of the most frequently asked questions I hear from business leaders is “How do I keep sensitive data ...

Sometimes a breach doesn’t kick down the front door. It just changes the name on the badge.

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 ...