In the age of software subscriptions, it is expected for over the air updates and bug fixes to happen instantaneously. To fix bugs and improve the user experience the software must be able to contact the creator to inform them of what is in need of optimization.

Windows credential manager securely stores and manages user credentials such as usernames, passwords, and certificates. These credentials are often used to access various resources, including network shares, websites, and applications, facilitating access to information and managing digital identities.

The Generate Security Audits security policy setting determines which accounts can be used by a process to generate audit records in the Security log. When certain events occur such as unauthorized access to a computer, file and folder access attempts and security policy changes, the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) writes these events to the log. This information in the Security log can be used to trace any unauthorized access to the system.

Filling in some blanks on large scale policy testing with Gusto‘s Nicholaos Mouzourakis.

The software supply chain is increasingly complex, giving threat actors more opportunities to find ways into your system, either via custom code or third-party code. In this blog we’ll briefly go over five supply chain threats and where to find them. For a deeper look to finding these threats, with more specifics and tool suggestions, check out our threat hunting guide.

This policy setting determines if RPC clients authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service when their call includes authentication data. The Endpoint Mapper Service on Windows NT4 (all service packs) is unable to process authentication data provided in this manner. Disabling this policy means RPC clients won’t authenticate with the Endpoint Mapper Service, but they can still communicate with it on Windows NT4 Server. The recommended state for this setting is: Enabled.