IT Home August 14th news, during this month's Patch Tuesday event, Microsoft released cumulative updates for Windows 10, including 14 improvements and security updates, and fixed 142 vulnerabilities.
Microsoft has released the August cumulative update for Windows 10 KB5041580. After installing, version number for 21H2 users will be upgraded to Build 19044.4780, and for 22H2 users to Build 19045.4780.
IT Home attached the following August updates for Windows 10 system:
The content of this update is the same as the update for Windows 11, as follows:
Improvement: Enhanced the security of the Windows system.
\[PPL Protection\"]
Users can bypass the relevant settings.
Protected Process Light (PPL) is a security mechanism introduced in Windows 10 to enhance the security of processes, to defend against malicious code attacks and data leaks. PPL is a process protection technology that divides the trustworthiness of processes into four levels, each with corresponding security features and restrictions.
\[Windows Kernel Vulnerability Driver Blocking List File (DriverSiPolicy.p7b)\]
Update the list of drivers, add a list of file names that have vulnerabilities for BYOVD (Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver) attack risk.
\[BitLocker (Known Issues)\]
When you start the device, the BitLocker recovery screen will be displayed. This situation occurs after installing the update on July 9, 2024. If device encryption is turned on, this problem is more likely to occur.
[Lock screen]
This update addresses the issue of 'CVE-2024-38143': The 'Use my Windows user account' checkbox is not available when connecting to Wi-Fi on the lock screen.
[NetJoinLegacyAccountReuse]
This update removed this registry key.
\[SBAT and EFI\]
This update applies Secure Boot Advanced Targeting (SBAT) to systems running Windows. This will prevent vulnerable Linux EFI (Shim boot loader) from running.
This SBAT update is not applicable to systems with dual boot of Windows and Linux. After applying the SBAT update, old versions of Linux ISO images may not boot. If this happens, users need to contact their Linux vendor to obtain the latest ISO image.
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