You have been warned — you must check your devices to make sure you’re not “leaving the door open for hackers." Beware, you’ve been told, “modern cyberattacks rarely go straight for the crown jewels. Instead, they probe for weak points.” Your weak points.
The warning comes from Microsoft and it’s aimed at Windows 10 PCs that have now fallen off support with the OS reaching end-of-life on Oct. 14. But at most that affects 400 million users, likely a much lower number than that given an additional year’s support is freely available. Meanwhile, a billion smartphones are running that risk.
Microsoft is highlighting “the hidden dangers," where “unsupported systems aren’t just outdated, they’re unprotected. ” Windows is squarely in every hacker’s crosshairs, but we live with a mobile-first threat landscape.
Your phone is the digital key to your life — and it’s constantly at risk.
“At any given point in the year, over 50% of mobile devices are running outdated OS versions, and a significant number are compromised or infected,” Zimperium says. Half that number can update, they just haven’t. But between 25% and 33% of smartphones now in use are running outdated versions of Android or iOS and can’t update.
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