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posted by n1 on Wednesday June 14 2017, @01:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the until-next-time dept.

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Microsoft regularly issues security updates, but it added a little something extra on Tuesday: it's letting all customers, even those using older versions of Windows, update their software.

This move is an attempt to avoid another ransomware outbreak like WannaCry, also called WannaCrypt, which rocked the web last month.

"The WannaCrypt ransomware served as an all too real example of the danger of cyber attacks to individuals and businesses globally," Adrienne Hall, general manager of Microsoft's Cyber Defense Operations Center, wrote in a blog post. "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."

Microsoft said it made the decision to apply this assortment of updates to provide further protection against potential attacks with similar characteristics as WannaCrypt. The security updates will be delivered automatically through Windows Update to devices running Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.

Source: CNET

Also at Ars Technica


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by zocalo on Wednesday June 14 2017, @04:03PM

    by zocalo (302) on Wednesday June 14 2017, @04:03PM (#525485)
    Because not all manufacturing equipment is designed to be standalone like your sonic welder? Sometimes you have to deal with scenarios where data is provided via a customer, gets prepped for a specific tool, and then uploaded to that tool on the manufacturing floor, which may be remote from where it was prepped and/or not particularly "people friendly" (a Class 1 clean room in my specific case). I'd like to think that vendors of such tools now pay security more than lip service, by based on my experiences back then I very much doubt it.
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