by Darren Mar-Elia | Aug 13, 2026 | General Stuff, Security-related
The title of this blog says it all. What happens to Group Policy processing when a client machine is off the network and can’t contact its domain controllers (DCs)? When trying to find the answer, you face even more follow-up questions: Does the applied policy...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jul 13, 2026 | Security-related
How many of you remember that, long before GP Preferences was acquired by Microsoft, they used to refer to any Administrative Template settings that did not set values in the 4 magic registry keys as…wait for it…preferences? That’s right, there were “preferences” long...
by Kevin Sullivan | Mar 19, 2026 | Security-related
The recent cyberattack on the Stryker Corporation has created chaos through healthcare and cybersecurity sectors. Beginning on March 11, 2026, the incident disrupted global operations, manufacturing, and surgical schedules. This wasn’t a standard ransomware...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 21, 2026 | Security-related
It’s been a while since I’ve addressed this topic. Something like 9 years to be exact. But for sure, the problem of malware leveraging Group Policy to propagate itself is still very much alive. In the original article, an IT friend of mine mentioned...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Jan 31, 2023 | Security-related
You may have caught the recent article about a new malware variant, called SwiftSlicer–attributed to a Russian APT group–that is making its way around Active Directory environments. There’s not a ton of details about how this malware is delivered,...
by Darren Mar-Elia | Oct 13, 2022 | Security-related
In case you missed it, there were three vulnerabilities related to GP Preferences in the latest October 2022 “Patch Tuesday”. Specifically they were: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37994...
