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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)
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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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"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
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Apparently not.
No? This page suggests KB4528760 fixes it: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-gui...
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So it was patched today?
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So it was patched today?
Looks like it.
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BBC article above seems rather confused.
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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)
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KB4528760: YEP! This was "delivered" tonight.
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The Guardian agrees it has been patched.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/14/m...
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So it was patched today?
Looks like it.
Yup, I had to do a manual update where I then saw the following update:
2020-01 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 1909 for x64-based Systems (KB4528760)
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So a none story then? A vulnerability was found, no evidence of beinh exploited in the wild and its been patched already
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In general, Microsoft are very good when it comes to patching vulnerabilities. But this does emphasize the foolishness of using unsupported versions of Windows. If anyone hasn't already upgraded from Windows 7, and they use the Internet, they should do so now as a matter of urgency.
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I work for the NHS and still on Win7. Not sure if we paid for the extra support or not
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I work for the NHS and still on Win7. Not sure if we paid for the extra support or not
I suspect they will have, at a cost of thousands, all because they can't get their [censored] together!
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Don't worry. The NHS will get support for at least another year.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/10/nhs_windows_7/
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Don't worry. The NHS will get support for at least another year.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/12/10/nhs_windows_7/
Yes but it comes at a cost to us (the taxpayer) via the NHS paying to Microsoft vast sums of money in order to continue beng supported.
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Everyone has become a Tax Accountant. 
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No. As the linked article states, the NHS are E5 licencees so they qualify for one year's extended support of Windows 7 at no additional cost.
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*tin foil hat on*
I don't think i trust the CIA they glow in the dark if you know what i mean.
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It's the NSA, not the CIA.
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In general, Microsoft are very good when it comes to patching vulnerabilities. But this does emphasize the foolishness of using unsupported versions of Windows. If anyone hasn't already upgraded from Windows 7, and they use the Internet, they should do so now as a matter of urgency.
YAWN!
The vulnerability spoken about doesn't affect older versions of Windows.
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Yeah - security is boring.
Which is very good news for the bad guys.
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It's the NSA, not the CIA.
Indeed, the same NSA that sat on multiple Windows exploits without disclosing them for four years before they were leaked.
Presumably this news is an attempt to convince us they've turned over a new leaf.
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Oh right also i don't see an update hmmm
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You should have had KB4528760 by now.
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Couldn't have been particularly bad exploits as they were never exploited so no big deal.
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