TSforge
February 14, 2025 · 17 min read
Researcher @ MASSGRAVE
Research group @ MASSGRAVE
Researcher @ MASSGRAVE
Researcher @ MASSGRAVE
By WitherOrNot
Edited by May
Introduction
2025 marks nearly 20 years since the introduction of Windows' current DRM system, the Software Protection Platform (SPP). With it serving as the primary gateway to activation since early in Windows Vista's development, many have come up with clever ways of tricking it, from resetting grace period timers to emulating KMS servers to hooking bootloaders. While all of these systems abuse various activation methods, there has never been an exploit that directly attacked SPP itself... until now.