Security News > 2016 > April > Core Windows Utility Can Be Used to Bypass AppLocker (Threatpost)
2016-04-22 00:38
A researcher has discovered that Windows’ Regsvr32 can be used to download and run JavaScript and VBScript remotely from the Internet, bypassing AppLocker’s whitelisting protections.
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http://threatpost.com/core-windows-utility-can-be-used-to-bypass-applocker/117604/
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