Bypassing Windows-specific operating system controls

In every corporate environment, we see that all the endpoints provided to users are on the Windows operating system. The likelihood of exploiting Windows is always high due to its usage. In this section, we will focus on some of the specific operating system security controls and how to bypass them after accessing the endpoint.

Enhanced Migration Experience Toolkit (EMET)

EMET is an additional security mitigation project/layer that Microsoft has come up with to provide customers with more than what the built-in operating system can provide. The EMET runs inside a protected program as a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) and the objective is to make exploitation more difficult for...