Earlier conflicts with Windows DLLs when the wrong one was installed. DLLs are extensions to Windows that are shared with any application that requires them. Once a DLL is opened, all applications use ...

Dynamic link libraries grew in popularity in the mid-1990s as simple mechanisms for linking and sharing software code with Windows applications at runtime. In concept, the DLL did for Windows what ...

A simple VBScript may be enough to allow users to gain administrative privileges and bypass UAC entirely on Windows 10. In a new report from a PwC UK security researcher Wietze Beukema, we learn that ...

The Sysnative folder in Windows 64-bit is a virtual folder and an alias that points to the System32 folder on 64-bit systems. It doesn’t exist physically on your system. This post explains the ...

A new technique uses a simplified process of DLL hijacking and mock directories to bypass Windows 10's UAC security feature and run elevated commands without alerting a user. Windows UAC is a ...