The article by the Elastic Security Intelligence & Analytics Team discusses new detection strategies for bypassing Windows User Account Control (UAC) to prevent malware from silently elevating privileges on a user's machine without their knowledge. Malware often targets administrative privileges to perform harmful actions, yet UAC's default medium integrity setting typically blocks access to resources requiring higher privileges. The research focuses on methods attackers use to elevate integrity levels silently, known as UAC bypasses, which exploit elevated Windows features. Common bypass techniques used by malware families such as DarkSide, LockBit, and TrickBot include ICMLuaUtil, ComputerDefaults Execution Hijack, and FodHelper Execution Hijack. Elastic Security's research, aided by community observations, has informed 26 prebuilt endpoint behavior protections against these bypasses, emphasizing the importance of understanding adversarial tactics to enhance security measures. The article encourages users to explore Elastic Security's capabilities through quick start guides and trials, offering robust defenses against complex malware strategies.