Windows 10 Reaches End of Life: What You Need to Know
Microsoft will cease to support Windows 10 on October 14, affecting over a third of all PCs worldwide.
Organisations and individual consumers rely on PCs running Windows 10, but the end of support means security updates will stop, leaving machines vulnerable to unpatched vulnerabilities.
End of support is not the end of the world, but it is the end of free safety nets. Attackers know that, which is why unpatched Windows and driver bugs become long-lived entry points.
This creates a potential security nightmare for those with machines incapable of being upgraded to Windows 11, as noted by Luis Corrons, a cyber security expert at Avast.
Author's summary: Windows 10's end of life brings security concerns.