Just as Windows users have recovered from the July CrowdStrike update failure, a new blue screen of death threat has been revealed. Here’s what is known so far.

Microsoft Windows users have fresh memories of seeing a blue screen of death on their PCs from the time when a CrowdStrike update left millions of users unable to work. Some are still recovering from the losses that they might have faced during that time.

Users have been given until August 26 to patch or cease using Windows systems. Clearly, this 2018 vulnerability does not impact Windows 11, nor any other Windows system updated in the last six years. The Windows 10 risk, though, is real.