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Brunel
(experienced) Tue 14-Jan-20 20:55:29

Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51106356

Large update tonight, could it be the patch for it?

Apparently not.

Edited by Brunel (Tue 14-Jan-20 21:06:06)

Banger
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Tue 14-Jan-20 21:45:54

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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I suspect it will be an out of band update nearer the end of the month as the US Millitary is the Beta tester for the patch.

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bobble_bob
(knowledge is power) Tue 14-Jan-20 22:28:01

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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"The concern is that as soon as the vulnerability is known about in detail, exploits will be produced and the laggards who don't patch will be prime targets."

I thought it was impossible (well with some fancy regedits) to disable automatic updates on Win10? Even if you set up a metered connection, MS can force critical updates on you

Oliver341
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Tue 14-Jan-20 23:08:27

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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In reply to a post by Brunel:
Apparently not.

No? This page suggests KB4528760 fixes it: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-gui...

Oliver.

Banger
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Tue 14-Jan-20 23:25:23

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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So it was patched today?

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Oliver341
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Tue 14-Jan-20 23:25:54

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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In reply to a post by Banger:
So it was patched today?

Looks like it.

Oliver.

Banger
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Wed 15-Jan-20 00:19:14

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BBC article above seems rather confused.

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Oliver341
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Wed 15-Jan-20 00:19:46

Re: Windows 10: NSA reveals major flaw in Microsoft's code

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In reply to a post by Banger:
BBC article above seems rather confused.

No surprise there then.

Edit: "Brian Krebs, the security expert who first reported the revelation, said the software giant had sent the patch to branches of the US military and other high-level users ahead of its wider release." - I take it to mean the patch was sent to the US military before today, the wider release.

Oliver.

Edited by Oliver341 (Wed 15-Jan-20 00:24:15)

Brunel
(experienced) Wed 15-Jan-20 00:37:35

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KB4528760: YEP! This was "delivered" tonight.

Banger
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Wed 15-Jan-20 03:13:43

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The Guardian agrees it has been patched.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/14/m...

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