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Old 2nd June 2017 | 12:33
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crablab
 
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Just a word of caution to those intending to/using old software...
I'm sure you remember the WannaCry malware that infected the NHS amongst many large organisations worldwide recently! This was due to a combination of factors; some infected machines were running Windows XP which has not been supported for a while and has not received the latest security updates however, of more concern was that most infections were on Windows 7 machines that had NOT been updated with the latest security patches from Microsoft.

As a security consultant, please, please, please do NOT use old, deprecated software ESPECIALLY when it is not being downloaded from official sources. This is like opening your front door and disabling your burglar alarm. Please also make sure you manually check for updates every week, especially on W7 systems which aren't so good at automatic updates.
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