Microsoft urges users to update their computers after patching vulnerability, PrintNightmare, which allowed hackers to takeover victim's devices using a flaw with printer software. — REUTERS
Microsoft on Wednesday urged users of Windows-powered computers to install a freshly released patch to thwart hackers trying to take advantage of a potentially serious flaw in the operating system.
The US software colossus said in a post that hackers could take advantage of the "PrintNightmare" flaw to gain control of computers through the print spooler feature used in workplaces for network printers.
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