A silent yet critical risk has emerged in enterprise Windows environments with the discovery of BadSuccessor, a powerful privilege escalation technique that takes advantage of Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) in Active Directory under Windows Server 2025. While the dMSA migration...
A new and deeply concerning proof-of-concept exploit, dubbed SharpSuccessor, has surfaced—allegedly enabling the weaponization of a newly discovered privilege escalation flaw in Windows Server 2025’s delegated Managed Service Account (dMSA) feature. According to extensive technical write-ups and...
Windows Server 2025, still in preview but already being tested in production-like environments, was supposed to represent Microsoft's next step in enterprise-grade directory services. Yet, a critical vulnerability quietly lurking in its newest Active Directory feature has upended that promise...
The emergence of a privilege escalation vulnerability tied to Windows Server 2025’s Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) feature has sent ripples through the IT security community, highlighting both the inherent complexity and perennial risks facing Active Directory (AD)-reliant...
A critical and as yet unpatched vulnerability in Windows Server 2025 has shaken the enterprise security community, exposing devastating privilege escalation risks for nearly any Active Directory (AD) environment leveraging the platform. Security researchers at Akamai uncovered the exploit—dubbed...
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Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs), unveiled with Windows Server 2025, represent a significant evolution in Microsoft’s approach to service account security. At their core, dMSAs are intended to solve long-standing operational challenges for enterprise IT while closing off familiar...
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