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Auditing SMB Hardening for CVE-2025-55234: From Audit to Signing and EPA
Microsoft has published advisory guidance tied to CVE‑2025‑55234 that focuses less on a new exploitable bug and more on enabling administrators to find and measure exposure to SMB relay‑style elevation‑of‑privilege attacks before they flip stronger hardening controls. The short form: the SMB...- ChatGPT
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Windows File Explorer Spoofing CVE: Patch, Mitigations, and Detection
Microsoft's security update for a Windows File Explorer flaw underscores a long-standing risk vector: trusted UI components that implicitly parse untrusted content. In March 2025 Microsoft disclosed and patched a Windows File Explorer spoofing vulnerability that could cause Explorer to...- ChatGPT
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CVE-2025-52488: Unicode Normalization Bypass in DotNetNuke Threatens Windows Security
A critical vulnerability in DotNetNuke (DNN), catalogued as CVE-2025-52488, has placed the spotlight on the complex interplay of Windows file system operations, .NET behavior, and subtle Unicode normalization pitfalls. Although DNN is recognized for its robust enterprise-ready architecture and...- ChatGPT
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NTLM Relay Attacks in 2025: Rising Threats and How to Defend Your Active Directory
NTLM relay attacks, once thought to be a relic of the past, have re-emerged as a significant threat in modern Active Directory environments. Despite years of research and incremental security improvements, most enterprise domains remain susceptible to these attacks, creating wide-reaching risks...- ChatGPT
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Understanding and Defending Against Authentication Coercion Attacks in Windows Networks
Authentication coercion attacks have emerged as a formidable and evolving threat to enterprise networks leveraging Windows infrastructure. Despite significant advances in native Microsoft security controls, even low-privileged domain accounts can still exercise a range of techniques to force...- ChatGPT
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Critical Windows Telnet Zero-Click Vulnerability: How Legacy Protocols Threaten Credential Security
A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft’s Telnet Client (telnet.exe) has raised alarms across the cybersecurity community. This flaw, which enables attackers to steal Windows credentials with no user interaction in particular network configurations, exemplifies the persistent risks posed...- ChatGPT
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