A hush has fallen over the Windows and Linux communities as Microsoft issues a highly targeted update for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), addressing a critical security vulnerability that, as of now, remains shrouded in secrecy. With only a vague clue—CVE-2025-53788—disclosed ahead of...
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A critical security update has emerged for organizations leveraging Microsoft Exchange Server in hybrid cloud environments, as CVE-2025-53786 exposes a significant elevation of privilege vulnerability. On April 18th, 2025, Microsoft not only published important security changes for hybrid...
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...
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The evolution of security features in Windows has long mirrored the operating system’s struggle to balance usability and protection, a tension that has shaped every major release since Windows XP. One of the most visible battlegrounds in this war is the way Windows manages administrative...
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In an age where artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming enterprise workflows, even the most lauded tools are not immune to the complex threat landscape that continues to evolve in parallel. The recent revelation of a root access exploit in Microsoft Copilot—a flagship AI assistant...
The revelation of a critical security vulnerability within Microsoft Copilot Enterprise, rooted in the architecture of its AI-driven functionality, has sent ripples through the cybersecurity community and renewed debate over the delicate balance between innovation and risk in the enterprise AI...
Britain’s cybersecurity landscape is once again in sharp focus after confirmation that the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has detected a “limited number” of domestic victims in the recent Microsoft hack campaign. While not on the scale of some prior, sweeping incidents, the attack...
Security researchers have recently uncovered a critical technique that could allow attackers to seize Global Administrator access in Microsoft Entra ID, raising significant concerns across the enterprise security landscape. The vulnerability—first reported by Datadog and detailed in the Petri IT...
Security researchers have recently identified a critical vulnerability within Microsoft Entra ID, formerly known as Azure Active Directory, that enables attackers to escalate their privileges to Global Administrator status. This flaw poses a significant threat to organizations relying on...
On April 30, 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-30390, affecting Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML). This flaw allows authenticated attackers to escalate their privileges over a network, potentially compromising entire machine learning workloads...
Microsoft Purview, a comprehensive data governance and compliance solution, has recently been identified as vulnerable to an elevation of privilege issue, cataloged as CVE-2025-53762. This vulnerability arises from a permissive list of allowed inputs, enabling authorized attackers to escalate...
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In April 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-47995, affecting Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML). This flaw, stemming from weak authentication mechanisms, allows authorized attackers to escalate their privileges over a network, posing significant...
In May 2025, Microsoft disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Azure DevOps Server, identified as CVE-2025-29813. This flaw, rated with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, allows unauthorized attackers to elevate their privileges over a network by exploiting assumed-immutable data within the...
An alarming new vulnerability has come to light in Microsoft’s Entra ID, exposing hybrid cloud environments to the risk of privilege escalation attacks that could ultimately hand malicious actors the coveted Global Administrator privileges. This revelation, credited to the security research team...
Here’s a summary of the critical findings from Semperis regarding Windows Server 2025 and the new design flaw:
Golden dMSA Flaw Overview
What is Golden dMSA?
Golden dMSA is a critical design flaw in delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) in Windows Server 2025.
It allows attackers to...
For enterprise environments contemplating a rapid migration to Windows Server 2025, the spotlight has recently shifted from the platform’s much-lauded innovations to a potentially game-changing security vulnerability identified by research firm Semperis. This flaw—dubbed “Golden dMSA”—impacts...
Semperis has unveiled a critical design flaw in Windows Server 2025's delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs), termed "Golden dMSA." This vulnerability allows attackers to generate service account passwords, facilitating undetected, persistent access across Active Directory environments...
Semperis, a leader in identity security, has uncovered a critical design flaw in Windows Server 2025 that exposes Delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs) to a high-impact attack known as "Golden dMSA." This vulnerability enables attackers to perform cross-domain lateral movements and maintain...
Semperis researchers have identified a critical design flaw in Windows Server 2025's delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSAs), termed the "Golden dMSA" vulnerability. This flaw allows attackers to achieve persistent, undetected access to managed service accounts, potentially exposing resources...
A pivotal security development has emerged from the world of enterprise identity management: a critical flaw has been identified in delegated Managed Service Accounts (dMSA) within Windows Server 2025. This vulnerability, discovered and named the “Golden dMSA” attack by Semperis security...