project zero

Microsoft’s attempt to finally turn User Account Control into a real security boundary nearly unraveled before many users even saw the new design: Google Project Zero’s James Forshaw documented nine distinct bypasses against Windows 11’s new Administrator Protection during its insider-preview...

Microsoft’s attempt to make privilege elevation in Windows 11 a true security boundary ran into a harsh reality check: decades of legacy kernel behavior are hard to rewrite safely. Google Project Zero’s James Forshaw exposed multiple privilege‑escalation bypasses against the new Administrator...

Google Project Zero’s James Forshaw has pulled back the curtain on a subtle, multistage weakness that could have let attackers sidestep Microsoft’s new Administrator Protection model and silently obtain administrator privileges — and the discovery exposes how decades-old Windows behaviors can...