Cyberattacks are getting more sophisticated and frequent. Malicious attackers take advantage of vulnerabilities in security systems, resulting in data breaches, ransomware, and downtime. Tools like EDR and NDR are usually used separately, which may not give the complete effectiveness one is looking for. Whereas Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is a solution that unifies all security data, giving you better insight and quicker threat detection.

In August, I shared a blog on my most recent research project called Windows Downdate, which I first presented at Black Hat USA 2024 and DEF CON 32 (2024). In it, I explained how I was able to develop a tool to take over the Windows Update process to craft custom downgrades on critical OS components to expose previously fixed vulnerabilities. By using this downgrade ability, I discovered CVE-2024-21302, a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the entire Windows virtualization stack.

The DNS involves resolving client’s queries with multiple hosts across different regions. Multiple servers help many organizations by increasing response rate and network efficiency for clients. But, some organizations have special demands that require a specific server to resolve queries for a particular domain name. DDI Central can solve this problem with its domain view feature.