Microsoft’s AppLocker, the application control feature included in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, is an improvement on the Software Restriction Policies (SRP) introduced with Windows XP ...

Malicious Trojans continue to plague end-users’ desktops, yet most machines aren’t exploited due to missing patches (although this is the second biggest cause), unpatched zero days (almost never a ...

One of the new capabilities touted for Windows 7 clients is something called “AppLocker,” which purports to do pretty much the same thing as Software Restriction Policies. AppLocker appears to be a ...

It so happens that the topic of Whitelists vs. Blacklists comes up a lot when I’m talking to clients. The questions seem to always revolve around the pros and cons between these two methods of ...

Microsoft has updated a zero-day exploit in its AppLocker application whitelisting software, but not before the North Korean state-backed Lazarus Group was able to leverage the flaw to pull off a ...

Windows 11's Controlled Folder Access offers a simple yet effective way to protect locally stored data from ransomware, even when AppLocker isn't in play. When it comes to data storage, I have long ...