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Microsoft Windows Zero-Day Found in Task Scheduler

A Windows task scheduler API function does not check permissions – so any potential local bad actor can alter them to gain elevated privileges. A zero-day flaw recently disclosed in Microsoft’s ...
Ars Technica

Windows 7: Task Scheduler, User Account, and Network Share Question

I have a Linux file server running a samba file share. I created a special account on the linux server so that I could access the network file shares from my windows computers - let's refer to this ...
Bleeping Computer

New Zero-Day Exploit for Bug in Windows 10 Task Scheduler

Exploit developer SandboxEscaper has quietly dropped a new zero-day exploit for the Windows operating system just a week after Microsoft's monthly cycle of security updates. This exploit is the fifth ...
Computerworld

Reviewing the Windows Scheduler with TaskSchedulerView from Nir Sofer

In Windows XP the Task Scheduler was easy to deal with. Anyone could look at it (Control Panel -> Scheduled Tasks) and easily understand which tasks were scheduled and when they ran. Windows 7 ...
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6 Windows Task Scheduler tricks I use instead of third-party apps

Windows Task Scheduler is an underappreciated powerhouse that can automate more processes than most people ever realize — no third-party nonsense required. It's a smart and oddly satisfying solution ...
Bleeping Computer

Windows Task Scheduler Zero Day Exploited by Malware

Malware developers have started to use the zero-day exploit for Task Scheduler component in Windows, two days after proof-of-concept code for the vulnerability appeared online. A security researcher ...