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enigma0x3
Personal blog · enigma0x3.netsecurityprogramming
enigma0x3 is a personal blog at enigma0x3.net about security and programming. Since 2016, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Bypassing UAC on Windows 10 Using Disk Cleanup”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this security research blog for posts on Windows credential phishing and privilege escalation, including a PowerShell phishing script with screenshots. The linked post is cited as a source.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Red Teamer and Security Addict
Most-linked posts?
- Bypassing UAC on Windows 10 Using Disk Cleanup3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-07-25
What Hacker News says?
Powershell script to do something similar: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/enigma0x3/Invoke-LoginProm... Blog post with screenshots: http://enigma0x3.net/2015/01/21/phishing-for-credentials-if-... There's probably some browser based equivalent somewhere too.
Comment linking /2015/01/21/phishing-for-credentials-if-you-want-it-just-ask/
on “iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just by asking”Submitted Bypassing UAC on Windows 10 Using Disk Cleanup as a story · 6 points
HN discussionNot necessarily. [0] Also, it is actually quite trivial bypassing UAC prompt in Windows. It simply gives a false sense of security. Something as simple as SilentCleanup [1] still works to this day. This will bypass UAC with little effort. Even worse, following that, it is also trivial to get NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM using Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription. [2] I've done it as an exercise in Go out of…
Comment linking /2016/07/22/bypassing-uac-on-windows-10-using-disk-cleanup/
on “Steam for Linux client adds support for Linux namespaces”Submitted Bypassing UAC on Windows 10 Using Disk Cleanup as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted “Fileless” UAC bypass using sdclt.exe as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Lateral Movement Using the MMC20.Application COM Object as a story · 1 points
HN discussion