Windows 10 and 11 received an update earlier this week. If it does not bring anything new for the user, it corrects many security vulnerabilities, including ten critical ones. To download it, just go to Windows settings.
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Windows received a new optional update earlier this week, the famous Patch Tuesday. It doesn’t really bring anything new to the user, but still fixes 119 potential vulnerabilities, including ten critics.
Furthermore, two so-called “zero day” gaps were filled. Vulnerabilities that really undermined the security of your PC and data, but have never been exploited. As a reminder: Such a bug is neither listed by the manufacturer nor by the security authorities and was not exploited by hackers.
Windows 10 and 11 fixes several critical bugs
The bugs fixed by Microsoft also affect the operating system itself Associated software such as Skype or Edge, Windows standard browser. Ten of them allowed malicious people to take over the computer’s privileges. If the list of fixes can be daunting (there are still 119!), it’s actually a common practice at Microsoft, where every Patch Tuesday fixes many bugs. This update is provided every second Tuesday of the month.
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To download this patch, simply go to Windows Settings and then Windows Update tab. If you don’t do this, the patch will automatically download after a while and install on reboot. Given that, as of July, companies no longer need to wait for the arrival of this Patch Tuesday to fix vulnerabilities Microsoft traffic and autopatch which are automatically provided to relevant applications as they become available.
As a reminder, Windows 11 was released in October 2021. Completely reinvent the design of Windows 10, its operation is not so different. Microsoft will continue to track the legacy OS over time until at least 2025. This obviously refers to such security patches. So users can rest easy, at least for now.