Attackers can target systems by exploiting ‘insecurely registered applications’. Foundstone has released a free tool called DIRE, which allows users/system administrators to identify “insecurely registered applications” on their systems. Good for Developers!
Tool:
http://www.foundstone.com/us/resources/proddesc/diredetectinginsecurelyregisteredexecutables.htm
Whitepaper:
http://www.foundstone.com/us/pdf/whitepapers/fs_wp_securely_registering_applications.pdf
Thanks to Neelay Shah and his awesome work.
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