Installation
Install it from the Microsoft Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9png1jddtgp8
What's New
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Introduced a tailor-made policy in the Create New Policy page to block Remote Management and Monitoring software, mitigating the recent surge in RMM-based attacks. This policy prevents execution of known RMM tools and thwarts unauthorized remote access. Administrators may enable, disable or deploy it in Audit mode to monitor activity within the network. It covers an extensive catalog of executables by filename and directory path—regardless of drive letter—and can be extended by submitting additional entries via GitHub Issues.
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Updated the View File Certificates feature to function without Administrator privileges.
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Added a modern Windows 11–style "AppControl Manager" entry to the File Explorer right-click (or tap-and-hold) interface, granting instant access to certificate inspection, hash calculation, and direct launching of XML/CIP files in the Policy Editor. Future enhancements will include folder-wide block actions, all implemented with high-performance code to eliminate any delay in the context menu.
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Enhanced the View File Certificates page with an informative banner that displays essential metadata for the file under inspection.
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Shrunk the MSIXBundle footprint by leveraging an architecture-aware build pipeline, resulting in a leaner app package.
PRs
How to verify the MSIXBundle's authenticity:
gh attestation verify "Path To MSIXBundle" --repo HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security --format json
You can install the GitHub CLI from Winget:
winget install --id GitHub.cli