Questions tagged [windows-10]
An operating system developed by Microsoft released July 2015 and designed to run across devices with multiple form factors - PC, tablet, smartphone, Xbox and HoloLens.
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Windows RPC "ephemeral" ports
I am doing a cybersecurity review for a client's Windows system, based on documentation that was provided to me. Among other things, the client ran an nmap scan, which showed TCP ports 49664 - 49668 ...
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Is there a way to secure cryptographic key storage on Windows against malware?
I'm developing a Windows application with end-to-end encryption and need guidance on securing the Master Key stored on user machines. A compromised Master Key could have severe consequences if ...
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Un-Quarentinable Files and Ghost Malware?
I've run into a series of odd behaviours from my computer (Windows10) and Avast Antivirus and believe I might be infected with an impersonator malware (or I'm being paranoid). I don't know what to do ...
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How can I ensure that sensitive data on a Windows computer is not transmitted externally by any software?
How can I securely handle sensitive information on my computer given the pervasive threat of malicious software and cyber-attacks? I am concerned that my computer, connected to the internet, is ...
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How to deal with monitoring software on a personal PC used for work?
My husband currently uses his personal computer for virtual work. The agency he works for insists that all employees install monitoring software that can see everything on the computer. I have heard ...
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Why does Windows force you to do a mandatory restart once in a while? Apparently, its for 'security purposes.'
I haven't needed to restart my computer for a while now, as I just usually shut down when I'm finished, and then reboot when I use Windows again. I dual-boot, so of course I often restart to a ...
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How to handle trojan executed on my laptop? [duplicate]
Unfortunately, I have executed an .exe file on my PC. After scanning the file I understood that it is a trojan and after checking its behaviour using VirusTotal I understood that it left many files on ...
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How does Windows 11 handle incrementing low-level syscalls compared to W10
I implemented my own version of SysWhisperer2 to parse ntdll and dynamically resolve syscall service numbers in Windows 11 under the assumption that the methodology would still be able to process ...
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How to embed a PE file to another PE files
So what I want to do basically is what BDFproxy does on the go, I want to modify a file (on the disk) to embed another PE in it and have both working, it does not matter if they work concurrently or ...
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Security vulnerabilites in Windows updates from local network
Windows has offered the ability to download updates from machines in the local network for some time. My gut feeling tells me this would be a great attack vector for Windows security vulnerabilites. ...
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Why do I suddenly receive print notifications on Windows 10? [closed]
I have seen whats's in the image. But i don't have any printer. OS: Windows 10 22H2
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Disabling UAC (Windows 10) for Administrator accounts
To help improve the user experience on admin workstations, would it be ok to disable the UAC or maybe set it with a more permissive mode?
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How to tell if BlackByte NT ransomware is on my computer?
The company I work at sadly fell victim to BlackByte NT ransomware this week. It ransomed many of the Windows machines on our factory floor. I have used my personal laptop (Windows 10 Home, version ...
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How do I check if my PowerShell is connected on SSH?
I know how to check but command line cmd or powershell can be altered to make it look clean with disguised hash codes (which they show like they are not tempered but actually commands are altered and ...
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Is it worth it to force UAC to ask for a password?
I've tried to harden my Windows 10 by using an unprivileged account, which I know reduces the attack surface a lot. I'm running Ableton (a music program) which is running after UAC has given admin ...
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