Australia’s small businesses face a sharp security cliff this month as Microsoft ends mainstream support for Windows 10, and researchers warn that a parallel surge in AI‑enabled attack techniques is widening the window of opportunity for criminals — a risk compounded by many organisations...
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Australia faces a sharpened cyber‑risk horizon as Microsoft prepares to stop mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, at the same moment hackers are being handed increasingly powerful tools — and a new HP–Microsoft study warns many small and medium businesses are making themselves...
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More than half of the world’s personal computers remain on Windows 10 even as Microsoft’s official support deadline looms, creating a wide and growing security gap that affects consumers, small businesses, and enterprise networks alike. New telemetry shared publicly via cybersecurity vendor...
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