Questions tagged [windows-11]
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is it necessary for cURL to check for CRL in Windows?
I'm trying to set up cURL to get data from remote server at any sitaution. I use --tlsv1.3 --tls13-ciphers TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256 --http2 to make it as secure as I can think of, using Windows 11....
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Does smart multi-homed name resolution really lead to DNS leak?
If you connect to a VPN network on a Windows machine for instance,
smart multi-homed name resolution may lead to DNS leakage. Since
requests are sent out to all network adapters at the same time, all
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Can forcing people to not lock their Windows be taken as a security problem? [closed]
Today I have finally resolved one of the most irritating (at least for me) features of Windows 11. That is fact that my computer goes to sleep 60 seconds or so after I lock it even though I have set ...
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Is it still recommended to block Living Off The Land Binaries (LOLBins) in Firewall?
https://lolbas-project.github.io/
Realistically, do we still need to block cmd.exe or certutil.exe in Windows firewall, on latest version of Windows? Lolbins are for Linux too but my question is only ...
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Is it recommended to disable Autoplay in Windows 11 from a security perspective?
Historically, Autorun has been an attack vector, but a lot has changed since then, Windows Security (Defender) and lots of improvements to everything. so now I'm wondering, on latest Windows 11 build, ...
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Is RDP wrapper any more or less secure than the built-in RDP?
I have read several sources indicating that RDP may have some vulnerabilities.
Without delving into that, is RDP wrapper any more or less secure than the built-in RDP, when it is enabled?
I read ...
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How to get rid of TrustedStreams.life malware? [duplicate]
I have a Windows 11 PC, and several members of my family who aren't terribly savvy about what notifications they click "OK" on. Result: I now have some kind of malware called "...
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Is there a way to find out which certificates came preinstalled with Windows and which ones installed afterwards? [duplicate]
I'm looking for a way to find out which certificates, whether machine level or user level, came preinstalled with Windows (when using official Microsoft ISO file to clean install the OS) and which ...
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How do you secure a Windows 11 PC connected directly to modem without a router?
I saw this post but it focused more on Linux. It sounds to me that the main thing that makes using a router more secure is the fact that it blocks any inbound stuff, which sounds simple enough to set ...
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Does only having Microsoft Office installed make you vulnerable to the CVE-2022-30190 RCE or having Windows as your OS is enough?
I was wondering whether you need to have Microsoft Office installed to be vulnerable to CVE-2022-30190 RCE.
As far as I understand, MSDT is the issue here (the attack vector so to say) and as shown ...
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What is the point of an OS (Win11) requiring a TPM (or vTPM) beyond a layer of DRM?
Windows 11 requiring a TPM of some sort seems more like a DRM preventing me from duplicating a W11 Virtual Machine on multiple systems and distributing it versus any tangible benefit to the end-user.
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Is it safe to run Android apps natively on Windows 11
Are Android apps run in isolated sandbox/virtual machine on Windows 11 (like apps running in Bluestacks)? I'm interested in terms of security to make sure even malware android apps will not get ...
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Is Windows 10 Insider Build usable within SOC 2 compliance? [closed]
Or Windows 11 pre-release, just cause I'm curious?
(By employees if that wasn't implicit.)
