Windows 11 Account lockout policy is enabled by default to block brute force attacks

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Hello! I'm Steve, an independent security researcher, and analyst from Scotland, UK.

I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

I'll often reblog infosec-related articles that I find interesting. On the RiSec website, You'll also find a variety of write-ups, tutorials and much more!
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Starting with Windows 11 Insider Preview build 22528.1000 the OS supports an account lockout policy enabled by default to block

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Windows Privilege Elevation Exploit POC Released into The Wild

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Hello! I'm Steve, an independent security researcher, and analyst from Scotland, UK.

I've had an avid interest in Computers, Technology and Security since my early teens. 20 years on, and, it's a whole lot more complicated...

I've assisted Governments, Individuals and Organizations throughout the world. Including; US DOJ, NHS UK, GOV UK.

I'll often reblog infosec-related articles that I find interesting. On the RiSec website, You'll also find a variety of write-ups, tutorials and much more!
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A security researcher has publicly disclosed an exploit for a Windows local privilege elevation vulnerability that allows anyone to gain

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Microsoft Windows Local Spooler Bypass Vulnerability

Just your average information security researcher from Delaware US.

One way of exploiting this on Windows 10 200x is to understand that FileNormalizedNameInformation will fail if the new path

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