Tag: Windows Server 2025
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The “Unpatchable” Ghost: How PhantomRPC Turns Windows Architecture Against Itself for SYSTEM Control
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab have identified a surreptitious methodology within Windows to obtain absolute systemic hegemony—a vulnerability for which a remediation remains notably absent. By merely impersonating a specific system service, an adversary can compel the machine to relinquish SYSTEM-level privileges autonomously. The flaw resides within the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) mechanism, the quintessential…
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The Performance Lockdown: Microsoft Blocks the Registry Hack for Faster Windows 11 SSDs
Microsoft has definitively shuttered a straightforward avenue for awakening a clandestine feature within Windows 11 that substantially accelerated solid-state drive performance. The subject in question is the native NVMe driver—an architectural component already woven into the operating system’s fabric, yet officially relegated to a dormant state. Historically, astute users possessed the capability to circumvent this…
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The Final Sunset: Microsoft Lays Out the 3-Phase Plan to Kill NTLM After 30 Years
Microsoft has resolved to finally relegate NTLM to the periphery of its ecosystem, decreeing that in forthcoming Windows iterations, the protocol shall no longer be invoked by default. The corporation justifies this transition by highlighting the accumulation of cryptographic frailties that have, over decades, rendered NTLM a favored vector for adversaries infiltrating enterprise networks. NTLM…
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Unlocking the Speed: Windows Server 2025 Delivers 80% IOPS Boost with New Native NVMe Stack
As early as the spring of 2024, Microsoft promised a substantial performance boost for Windows Server 2025 on modern NVMe storage, even citing a concrete figure: up to a 70 percent increase in IOPS compared with Windows Server 2022. At the time, this sounded like one of those rare cases where “storage subsystem optimization” translated…
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Microsoft Integrates Sysmon Natively into Windows 11 & Server 2025
Microsoft is introducing native Sysmon support in Windows, marking a significant shift in the security landscape. Capabilities that once required deploying a separate utility will now be integrated directly into the operating system, available without the need to prepare additional infrastructure. This approach shortens incident-response times and eases the burden on administrators. Sysmon has long…
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BadSuccessor: The Windows Server Flaw That Can Compromise Your Domain
At DEF CON 2025, researchers from Akamai unveiled a study on a critical vulnerability in Windows Server 2025 known as BadSuccessor (CVE-2025-53779), which allows low-privileged users to instantly escalate their access to Domain Admin. The flaw lay in the handling of a new type of account—delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA). The vulnerability enabled an attacker…
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Golden dMSA: Critical Windows Server 2025 Flaw Allows Full Active Directory Takeover
A newly discovered vulnerability in Windows Server 2025—dubbed Golden dMSA—poses a grave risk of widespread compromise across entire Active Directory infrastructures, according to a technical report published by enterprise cybersecurity firm Semperis. The issue lies in the architecture of Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA), introduced by Microsoft as a secure alternative to traditional service accounts.…