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Microsoft Warns of 'Destructive Cyberattacks', Issues New Windows XP Patches (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Ed Bott, reporting for ZDNet: Citing an "elevated risk for destructive cyberattacks," Microsoft today released an assortment of security updates designed to block attacks similar to those responsible for the devastating WannaCry/WannaCrypt ransomware outbreak last month. Today's critical security updates are in addition to the normal Patch Tuesday releases, Microsoft said. They'll be delivered automatically through Windows Update to devices running supported versions, including Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, and post-2008 Windows Server releases. But in an unprecedented move, Microsoft announced that it was also making the patches available simultaneously for manual download and installation on unsupported versions, including Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. The new updates can be found in the Microsoft Download Center or, alternatively, in the Update Catalog.

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  1. Re:Link to XP patches? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB4024323

    It would be nice if there was a link to the "supported" patches too, or they used the same damn KB number ...

  2. Re:If by unprecedented you mean last month, then n by Kjella · · Score: 4, Informative

    I read 'unprecedented' as 'unusual

    Except unprecedented is much stronger, it very explicitly means that it's never, ever happened before. If you can point to even a single previous instance, then it's by definition wrong to use it. And since Microsoft recently did release a patch for an EOL product, using it now is plain wrong. Nice by Microsoft, but still wrong. It also makes me wonder how well a "ten more years of security patches" upgrade for Win7 would sell...

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  3. Re:WHAT XP UPDATES??? by redmid17 · · Score: 3, Informative

    You guys?

    https://support.microsoft.com/...

  4. Re:Link to XP patches? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    This full list of patches from this month that have something for XP appears to be:
    This KB3197835
    and this KB4012583
    and this KB4018271
    and this KB4018466
    and this KB4019204
    and this KB4022747
    and this KB4024323
    and this KB4024402
    and this KB4025218

  5. Re:Link to XP patches? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    That is just one of the XP patches. They are all here, along with Win 8 and S2003

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4025687/microsoft-security-advisory-4025685-guidance-for-older-platforms