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Benedict Collins

This cyberattack downgrades your version of Windows to one unprotected against attacks

Microsoft Security - Editorial Only.

A version-rollback vulnerability has been discovered by a cybersecurity researcher that allows a fully patched Windows machine to be downgraded to older version, allowing the exploitation of previously patched zero-days and vulnerabilities.

Alon Leviev unveiled his findings at Black Hat USA 2024 and DEF CON 32 (2024) as a tool named Windows Downdate.

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