Lancs.Live

Windows 10 Reaches End of Support; Microsoft Offers Extended Security Updates

First seen 23 Nov 2025, 03:35 UTC • Forbes

+5 •49% similarity •38.9

Ask AI about this cluster

Article Content

Include sub-articles 1 / 1

Browse articles

ThreatCluster

On October 14, 2025, Microsoft officially ended support for Windows 10, leaving users without security updates unless they enroll in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Following this, Microsoft addressed issues with false end-of-support warnings and provided patches to assist users in maintaining security coverage. Users are encouraged to act quickly to secure their systems against vulnerabilities.

ThreatCluster AI

Attack Flow

16 entities, 45 inferred relationships (STIX 2.1).

Technique (6)

Malware
Ransomware
Zero-day Exploit
T1059.001 - PowerShell
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter
T1112 - Modify Registry

Vulnerability (4)

CVE-2020-1170
CVE-2025-24990
CLFS Flaw
Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected Platform (5)

Windows
Windows 10
Windows 11
Windows 365
Windows Defender

Tool (1)

PowerShell

Relationships

PowerShell exploits CVE-2020-1170
PowerShell exploits CVE-2025-24990
PowerShell exploits CLFS Flaw
PowerShell exploits Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2020-1170 targets Windows
CVE-2020-1170 targets Windows 10
CVE-2020-1170 targets Windows 11
CVE-2020-1170 targets Windows 365
CVE-2025-24990 targets Windows
CVE-2025-24990 targets Windows 10
CVE-2025-24990 targets Windows 11
CVE-2025-24990 targets Windows 365
CLFS Flaw targets Windows
CLFS Flaw targets Windows 10
CLFS Flaw targets Windows 11
CLFS Flaw targets Windows 365
Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability targets Windows
Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability targets Windows 10
Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability targets Windows 11
Windows Defender Elevation Of Privilege Vulnerability targets Windows 365
Malware targets Windows
Malware targets Windows 10
Malware targets Windows 11
Malware targets Windows 365
Ransomware targets Windows
Ransomware targets Windows 10
Ransomware targets Windows 11
Ransomware targets Windows 365
Zero-day Exploit targets Windows
Zero-day Exploit targets Windows 10
Zero-day Exploit targets Windows 11
Zero-day Exploit targets Windows 365
T1059.001 - PowerShell targets Windows
T1059.001 - PowerShell targets Windows 10
T1059.001 - PowerShell targets Windows 11
T1059.001 - PowerShell targets Windows 365
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter targets Windows
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter targets Windows 10
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter targets Windows 11
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter targets Windows 365
T1112 - Modify Registry targets Windows
T1112 - Modify Registry targets Windows 10
T1112 - Modify Registry targets Windows 11
T1112 - Modify Registry targets Windows 365
CVE-2020-1170 related to Windows Defender

Community

Browse all →

Tracked Entities in This Story

Windows Windows 10 Windows 11 Windows 365 Windows Defender Healthcare Malware Ransomware Zero-day Exploit PowerShell

Windows 10 Reaches End of Support; Microsoft Offers Extended Security Updates

Ask AI about this cluster

Article Content

More articles in this cluster

Attack Flow

Defensive Countermeasures

Extracted Entities

Community

Continue Reading

Tracked Entities in This Story