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Microsoft is making Trusted Platform Module (TPM)-backed attestation a requirement for Windows Key Management Service (KMS), the on-premises service used for Windows volume activation, replacing the software-only trust model with hardware-backed verification to strengthen enterprise activation security. Attestation will become mandatory with the next Windows Server Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) release. How TPM-backed KMS attestation…

A crypter service used by multiple unrelated cyber-criminal groups has been documented cloaking commodity malware with process ghosting, kernel-driver abuse and more than 90 mix-and-match encryption routines. According to new research from Proofpoint published on July 20, the crypter, marketed as Cruciferra, was first offered for sale on the Exploit forum in autumn 2025 and…

I’m here today to write about one particularly thorny area of operational technology (OT) and security that I run into somewhat routinely. Given my own particular interests as an incorrigible vulnerability-gazer, and my professional role as vice president of security research at runZero, I deal with OT security issues more often than the average bear….

Swati KhandelwalJul 24, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security Researchers H0j3n and Aniq Fakhrul published a working exploit on July 24 that lets a low-privileged Active Directory user obtain a certificate for a Domain Controller and authenticate as that machine. They codenamed the flaw Certighost. Because Domain Controller accounts carry directory replication rights, the resulting Kerberos credential…

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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: AI agents are still logging in as humansMost large companies run more than one AI platform at the same time. Developers pull up coding assistants, marketing teams lean on writing tools, and analysts query enterprise search across separate vendors. Single-provider…