Tag: Windows

Microsoft EMET 5.2 Now Available!

  Microsoft Security Research and Defense blog posts that Microsoft EMET 5.2 is now available! Following is the list of the main changes and improvements: Control Flow Guard: EMET’s native DLLs have been compiled with Control Flow Guard (CFG). CFG is a new feature introduced in Visual Studio 2015 (and supported by Windows 8.1 and …

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Mimikatz and Active Directory Kerberos Attacks

NOTE: While this page will remain, the majority of the Mimikatz information in this page is now in the “Unofficial Mimikatz Guide & Command Reference” which will be updated on a regular basis. Mimikatz is the latest, and one of the best, tool to gather credential data from Windows systems. In fact I consider Mimikatz …

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Comparing ASLR on Windows & Linux

Two key differences regarding Linux & Windows Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR): ASLR is not as prevalent in most Linux distributions as it is on modern Windows systems. ASLR cannot be force-enabled for applications on Linux, as EMET can do on Windows. Read the entire article at Cert.org