Microsoft is urging Windows users to immediately install an update after security researchers found a serious vulnerability in the operating system.
The security flaw, known as PrintNightmare, affects the Windows Print Spooler service. Researchers at cybersecurity company Sangfor accidentally published a how-to guide for exploiting it.
The researchers spread the word about this in late May on Twitter, subsequent to discovering weaknesses in Print Spooler, which permits numerous users to get to a printer.
They published a proof-of-concept online by mistake and subsequently deleted it — but not before it was published elsewhere online, including developer site GitHub.
Microsoft (MSFT) warned that hackers that exploit the vulnerability could install programs, view and delete data or even create new user accounts with full user rights.
That provides programmers enough order and control of your PC to do some serious damage. As at now, Windows 10 isn’t the solitary version affected – Windows 7, which Microsoft has ended support for last year, is additionally dependent upon the weakness.
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Despite announcing that it would no longer issue updates for Windows 7, Microsoft issued a patch for its 12-year old operating system, underscoring the severity of the PrintNightmare flaw.
As per a statement by Microsoft, Updates for Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, version 1607, and Windows Server 2012 are expected soon. But has recommended that you install these updates right away.
It’s the latest in a slew of security alerts from Microsoft in the past year and a half. The company has been embroiled in safety issues, including in 2020 when the National Security Agency alerted Microsoft to a major flaw in its Windows operating system that could let hackers pose as legitimate software companies.
And this year, hundreds of thousands of Exchange users were targeted after four vulnerabilities in its software allowed hackers to access servers for the popular email and calendar service.
Microsoft was also the objective of a staggering SolarWinds penetrate. Microsoft hasn’t released a fix for Windows 11. Its freshest working system, due out soon, is as of now accessible to beta analyzers.
Windows 11 comes six years after Microsoft last upgraded its working system with Windows 10, a significant update that is presently running on around 1.3 billion gadgets around the world, as per CCS Insight.i
