Facebook has come under fire this week for the massive Cambridge Analytica controversy sweeping the internet, which gave way to the #DeleteFacebook campaign. But even in light of the situation, it ...

You must have noticed that many programs installed on your machine often require administrative rights to start. Having admin rights in Windows 11/10/8/7 lets you ...

"Garry's Mod," also known as "GMod," is a computer video game that allows players to create and edit a virtual environment by importing objects, characters and maps from other games. A key feature of ...

Some files force programs to perform operations that require administrator rights. As an example, if you received a ZIP file containing several business spreadsheets ...

A critical security flaw impacting a WordPress plugin known as King Addons for Elementor has come under active exploitation ...

In OS X the first user is by default an administrator account so administrative functions can be run, and adding new administrators is usually as easy as authenticating and checking the appropriate ...

Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.… The fix was related to CVE-2025-50173, which ...

As the common saying goes, “all networked computers are vulnerable to exploits, but some networked computers are more vulnerable than others”. While not the exact wording from Animal Farm, the saying ...

Also any admin rights granted with runas are transferred to the open application. Like I said students can go willy nilly through the Open/Save dialogs traversing the network with full access (or no ...

File-encrypting ransomware applications that target Android devices are becoming increasingly sophisticated. One new such program is using clickjacking techniques to trick users into granting it ...