The ability to register applications that can then be automatically initiated by Windows is a powerful feature today that enhances the end user’s experience and furthermore enables system administrators to exert complete control over the machines in their environment. However, attackers can target these same systems by exploiting ‘insecurely registered applications’ on target systems. Foundstone has released a free tool called Foundstone DIRE, which allows users/system administrators to identify “insecurely registered applications” on their systems.
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