Experts Uncover Four New Privilege Escalation Flaws in Windows Task Scheduler

Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have detailed four different vulnerabilities in a core component of the Windows task scheduling service that could be exploited by local attackers to achieve privilege escalation and erase logs to cover up evidence of malicious activities. The issues have been uncovered in a binary named “schtasks.exe,” […]

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The Compound and Friends: Bloodbath

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When to choose GitHub-Hosted runners or self-hosted runners with GitHub Actions

Whether it’s building, testing, or deploying code, automating manual processes is key to improving developer experience and achieving a successful DevOps strategy. On GitHub, you can use GitHub Actions to not only implement your CI/CD pipeline, but also automate other processes both on and off GitHub. When you are adopting GitHub Actions on GitHub Enterprise […]

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