The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) advised companies not to use Windows 7 because of higher security risks. According to ZDNet's latest report, a private industry notification (PIN) was sent by the FBI on Monday, Aug. 3, stating that partners in the United States private sector will face security dangers if they will keep using Windows 7 since the operating system has reached its official end-of-life (EOL).
Not a secret from #MVPPreDay sessions - Windows 7 EOL is 1 year, 3 Months, and 5 Days away from today. #MVPBuzz #MSIgnite #CloserThanYouThink #GetReady pic.twitter.com/3sVWGYwDvk — Richard Hay (@WinObs) September 23, 2018
The security agency suggested that some companies might need to purchase new hardware or software that can support the system upgrade.
"However, these challenges do not outweigh the loss of intellectual property and threats to an organization," said the FBI.
FBI also explained that companies should look at they might lose revenue because of possible hacks, instead of looking at the upgrade costs currently. There are several powerful Windows 7 vulnerabilities that have been identified.
Some of the security issues are BlueKeep, which is used by hackers to breach Windows 7 security devices that have RDP endpoint enabled, and EternalBlue, which crypto-mining operations, ransomware gangs, and financial crime gang, used in the original WannaCry exploit.
FBI said that since some companies were not able to patch the affected systems, the best overall solution is replacing abandoned and older systems with the new Windows systems.
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
