Thursday, February 8, 2018

One more reason to stop using unsupported windows OS



Researcher Sean Dillon from cybersecurity firm RiskSense tweaked the source code of three nicked NSA exploits - EternalSynergy, EternalChampion and EternalRomance - to work against Windows versions dating back as far as Windows 2000

But older versions of Windows that are no longer supported by Microsoft could face attacks that put the modified NSA exploits to use if the operating systems are not updated with patches Redmond pushed out in March 2017.

https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3026129/leaked-nsa-hacking-tools-can-target-all-windows-versions-from-the-past-two-decades

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