NSA finds major security flaw in Windows 10, free fix issued

techxplore.com ^ | January 14, 2020 | by Matt O'brien

[The Duke]

Obama’s NSA would have been too busy with their prayer rugs and Hookah’s.

[TChad]

So will they fix it automatically or will I have to do it?

It will be patched automatically if your Windows updates install automatically. I think of Windows Update as unreliable, so I install updates myself.

Settings > PC Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update > Check for updates

[TChad]

This sounds like a horrible exploit. It somehow gets around digital signatures.

Thank you, NSA.

[Bob434]

Ya know? It’s almost starting to be like Using Windows 10 is kinda like buying Chinese made software— ya juts never know what’s lurking behind the code these days-

[Bob434]

[[Right after Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7 and forces everyone to 10......how convenient.]]

Yup- and i saw another windows article today touting some ‘serious vulnerabilities’ cropping up with windows, which were promised to be fixed- funny how that article cropped up right before support for windows 7 stops- It almost is like they are trying to scare everyone out of windows 7

[nuconvert]

Thanks

[trebb]

Yep - taught Microsoft Networking for a while and always referred to such as “undocumented Features”...

[Red Badger]

If you have your computer’s system settings to allow for ‘Automatic Updates’ it will fix itself, otherwise you have to do it manually...................

[nuconvert]

Yes, it automatically updates. Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks RB.

• Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (Alert AA20-O14a)

[rarestia]

Not likely. This was part of the CryptoAPI and support for ECC. This is the core for secure communication. Exploiting this would mean game over for modern security.