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Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11

Researchers Turn USB Auto-Install Into a Full SYSTEM Takeover on Windows 11

Windows Plug and Play can be abused to fetch signed vendor software for an emulated USB device and execute privileged installation components that researchers chained to SYSTEM access on a fully updated Windows 11 machine. The same PnP path can be triggered over Remote Desktop without physical hardware when supported Plug and Play or low-level USB redirection is enabled; Microsoft says that

Deepak Chandra Meena — Deepak covers the dark web and underground hacking forums, reporting on marketplace activity and access broker listings. Monitors Tor-based forums and encrypted leak channels.

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