In the day of the end of support for Windows 7 — January 14 — Microsoft has also releases the first in 2020, the year update security all versions of Windows. This time, according to the famous investigative journalist in the field of cybersecurity Brian Krebs, will be extremely important to install the update as soon as possible.
Sources told Krebs that the patch release is scheduled for January 14, contains a fix for the issue exceptionally important. This vulnerability affects the cryptographic key component present in all versions of Windows library crypt32.dll.
This component provides most important functions of interface developers, the CryptoAPI, which the creators of Windows applications used to implement the functions of encryption and decryption using digital certificates.
a Vulnerability in crypt32.dll writes Krebs, may reduce the security of a number of Windows functions, including authentication of users on personal computers and servers, protection of personal data in Internet Explorer and Edge, as well as in several third-party apps and tools.
According to the source, Microsoft has already issued a patch (with the gag orders, as it violates the rules of the company) for installation in the networks of some units of the U.S. Department of defense and other important customers, the risk of becoming a target for exploiting the vulnerability of hackers.
Text: To.Hi-tech
