Microsoft has officially ended support for Windows 10, marking a major shift impacting hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Released in 2015, the operating system will no longer receive free security updates, bug fixes, or technical assistance, leaving all devices running it vulnerable to exploitation. This decision mirrors previous end-of-life events such as Windows XP, which saw a surge in cyberattacks after losing support.
Rising security threats
Without updates, Windows 10 systems are expected to become prime targets for hackers. Thousands of vulnerabilities have already been documented in public databases like ExploitDB, and several critical flaws have been actively exploited.
Among them are CVE-2025-29824, a “use-after-free” bug in the Common Log File System Driver with a CVSS score of 7.8; CVE-2025-24993, a heap-based buffer overflow in NTFS marked as “known exploited”; and CVE-2025-24984, leaking NTFS log data with the highest EPSS score of 13.87%.
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