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LUA Buglight 2.0 - preview

LUA Buglight 2.0 - preview version available for download

Published - Security by Obscurity, and FDCC

In case I actually have any fans that are interested in things I've written outside of this blog (must be sick people)... I recently contributed a sidebar to the cover story of this month's TechNet Magazine: Hiding in Plain Sight - Security By Obscurity

Info about LUA Buglight 2.0

Pointer to a webcast with information about the upcoming LUA Buglight 2.0.
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I'll be speaking at Tech*Ed in June

Sessions I'll be presenting at Tech*Ed North America 2008 (IT Professionals week).

Why apps have security bugs ([attempted] humor)

One reason why apps have security bugs -- because we developers were trained to focus on and typically only ever focused on how legitimate users will use the product -- we never used to have to think about misuse! A couple of years ago I wrote up a little

Table of Contents (Aaron Margosis' Non-Admin WebLog)

Table of Contents - blog posts on Aaron Margosis' Non-Admin WebLog
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How to cleanly stop Explorer.exe on Windows Vista

The hidden trick to stopping explorer.exe on Windows Vista cleanly, without terminating it abruptly.
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Scripting Elevation on Vista

Since RunAs.exe won't run a program elevated, is there a way to trigger an elevation prompt from a script?
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FAQ: Why can’t I bypass the UAC prompt?

Why Vista is better off without setuid or sudo.
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And so this is Vista…

What becomes of all my earlier non-admin tips, tricks and recommendations vis-à-vis RunAs, MakeMeAdmin, PrivBar and their interactions with IE and Explorer? The short answer is that Vista changes just about everything with respect to running with least privilege.
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Follow-up on "Setting color for *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status"

Improvements on my earlier post about setting color and title for CMD (and PowerShell) windows, based on admin/elevation status
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LUA Buglight and drive mappings: Action Required

Need your help to fix an issue in LUA Buglight.
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Setting color for *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status

How to automatically set the color and title of *all* CMD shells based on admin/elevation status with a one-time, one-line configuration change to your system.
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LUA Buglight updated information

Updated information about LUA Buglight.

The SysInternals tools are now on microsoft.com

The SysInternals tools -- including Process Explorer, Regmon, Filemon, and many more -- are now available here on microsoft.com. A couple of major highlights include Process Monitor , a new tool that supersedes Regmon and Filemon, and the SysInternals
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