Microsoft took the highly unusual step Tuesday of releasing new Windows XP patches because of a “heightened risk” of nation-state activity and “attacks with characteristics similar to WannaCrypt. ” According to a company statement, the same treatment is being afforded Windows Server 2003, another unsupported but widely used operating system dangerously vulnerable to attack. “In reviewing the updates for this month, some vulnerabilities were identified that pose elevated risk of cyber attacks by government organizations, sometimes referred to as nation-state actors or other copycat organizations,” Adrienne Hall, a general manager at Microsoft’s security response center, wrote in a blog post. “To address this risk, today we are providing additional security updates along with our regular Update Tuesday service. These security updates are being made available to all customers, including those using older versions of Windows.” Windows XP and Server 2003 users have to manually download the new patches. The WannaCry ransomware outbreak impacted […]
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