Microsoft: Outdated Windows devices will stop receiving security updates

Reported by BleepingComputer (Sergiu Gatlan)

Summary by Cyber Security News9 Oct 2026, 12:12 CET

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Microsoft says devices running unsupported versions of Windows will stop receiving security updates after next year's Windows Update certificate rotation.

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