Microsoft issues new software fixes for Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista and Windows 8 for older operating systems. The company is “sort of cleaning the house,” an expert says. Microsoft says the updates will “protect against potential nation-state activity” The company does not want to see a repeat of WannaCry, the virulent ransomware that was engineered into a worm, the term for self-propagating code. The worm, which used an exploit from The Shadow Brokers dump, infected 200,000 computers worldwide.”]
Source: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/microsoft-issues-another-emergency-windows-xp-patch-a-9995