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After Akamai’s publication of BadSuccessor, I set out to research and reproduce the exploit. In this post I cover: an overview of the vulnerability as disclosed by Akamai researcher Yuval Gordon; how I stood up a Windows Server 2025 DC in my existing GOAD domain lab ; my .NET-based proof-of-concept…

Introduction The objective of this research was to find a way to suppress Microsoft Teams’ ability to display new messages without forcefully terminating the application or making it visibly unresponsive. The approach taken involved analyzing the process tree, identifying dependencies, and selectively suspending non-essential threads. This document outlines the methodology…