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...
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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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