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12
Jan
2016

The Credential Manager in Windows is a relatively unknown feature, even though a lot of people are using it without being aware of its existence. Windows stores credentials in special folders that they call “vaults” to help users login to websites and other computers. The Credential Manager as such is introduced with Windows 7. Operation […]

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On Wednesday, #windows users – both home and #enterprise – started sharing details on a strange #update delivered by Microsoft. The update itself used a string of random characters in the description, along with resource URLs using a similar format pointed at .gov, .mil, and .edu addresses. On the Microsoft Answers community, a user posted […]

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Introduced in #windows 8.1 Update 3 and Windows 10, #control flow guard was #microsoft’s latest antidote to #memory-corruption #attacks. The technology was meant to stand up to attacks that had long ago figured out how to bypass previous-generation protections such as Address Space Layout Randomization (#aslr) and Data Execution Protection (#dep). However, as every new […]

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