Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
This has been a busy fortnight for Microsoft Windows users, with the release of 24H2, the resurrection of Recall, the shutdown of yet another Windows 11 upgrade workaround and the latest blue screen of death debacle. All too easy then for users to forget the update deadline ticking away in the background—now just 72-hours away, to protect against a “critical vulnerability” that’s come under attack.
CISA’s Windows update mandate is set for October 7, with its usual instructions that users need to “apply mitigations” by that date “or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.” That is mandatory for federal employees, but many other public and private organizations follow CISA’s suit, and its remit is “to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity,” especially where those organizations operate in high-profile sectors.
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