Tomorrow is May Updates Day for Microsoft as Patch Tuesday will be released. Updates come to fix critical security holes, at functional and company applications. The Windows XP, however, will not be included in the operating systems that Microsoft will update after it stopped their support on April 8.
The problem is that some of the vulnerabilities that the company will patch tomorrow are also present in Windows XP, and a security expert warns that hackers could exploit these weaknesses.
Keep in mind that Windows XP is still installed on 26% of desktops around the world.
"In Patch Tuesday Microsoft will fix some vulnerabilities of Windows, and it is realistic to assume that at least one of them will affect Windows XP. This means that we can expect to see exploits for XP vulnerabilities because their users will not receive the patches from Microsoft,” said Kasper Lindgaard, director of Secunia's Research and Security department.
"In general, newly discovered vulnerabilities in Windows XP will remain unpatched and therefore, we will see an increase in attacks that target that operating system.” Lindgaard continued.
Upgrading to a newer OS version is essentially the only way to make sure that the computer your computer is not exposed to such attacks, and Microsoft strongly recommends that all those running XP upgrade to newer platforms as soon as possible.
