Heading into the New Year, Microsoft has warned millions of its Windows users with older software to update to a newer version or be at risk of cyber breaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Support for Windows 8.1 is set to end on January 10th<\/sup>, which will leave many users without regular security updates and patches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In a sta<\/a>t<\/a>ement<\/a>, Microsoft Support said: \u201cMicrosoft will not be offering an Extended Security Update (ESU) program for Windows 8.1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cContinuing to use Windows 8.1 after January 10, 2023 may increase an organization\u2019s exposure to security risks or impact its ability to meet compliance obligations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Threat actors may discover vulnerabilities within outdated software, which can grant easy access to devices that have not been updated to the latest version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This could put confidential data, personal information, and other important files at risk of being accessed or stolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are concerned about your devices and would like further guidance, please contact enquiries@nebrcentre.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To stay\u00a0informed<\/a>\u00a0on the latest updates to the digital landscape, sign up for our\u00a0free core membership<\/a>, and gain access to a wealth of handy\u00a0resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The <\/strong>NEBRC<\/strong><\/a> is a non-profit organisation that seeks to educate, inform, and <\/strong>support<\/strong><\/a>organisations <\/strong>across the UK on how to stay safe online through <\/strong>good<\/strong> cyber security practices. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heading into the New Year, Microsoft has warned millions of its Windows users with older software to update to a newer version or be at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crcnetwork-cfkr6.projectbeta.co.uk\/northeastcrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}