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Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. If your business still uses it, those computers no longer get standard security updates. The computers will still turn on. Your files and apps may still work. That makes the problem easy to ignore. Yet the risk grows each time someone finds a new flaw in Windows 10. Microsoft will not fix that flaw through normal updates. This can affect more than security. Unsupported software may cause issues with compliance, cyber insurance, and the apps your team uses each day. Your business has three main options. You can upgrade eligible computers to Windows 11 for free. You can buy Extended Security Updates as a short-term bridge. You can also replace computers that are too old to upgrade. Many businesses will need to use a mix of all three options. The right choice depends on each computer, its age, and the work it supports. What Windows 10 End of Support Means Microsoft ends support when a product reaches the end of its planned life. For Windows 10, that date was October 14, 2025. Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10 no longer receives standard security fixes, quality updates, feature updates, or technical support. This does not make a Windows 10 computer fail at once. Nothing shuts down when support ends. The computer may seem no different from the day before. The key change happens behind the scenes. Microsoft no longer fixes new security flaws in Windows 10 through its normal update process. Attackers and security experts will keep finding flaws. On a supported system, Microsoft can release a patch to close the gap. On an unsupported Windows 10 computer, the gap may remain open. Each new flaw can give an attacker another possible route into the computer. The longer the computer stays unprotected,
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ee how a $14 credential purchase can lead to ransomware, and learn five practical controls that can stop an attack before it harms your small business
See how a $14 credential purchase can lead to ransomware, and learn five practical controls that can stop an attack before it harms your small business.
If your cyber insurance renewal is coming up, the application may look different this year. It is likely longer. It is also more specific. That is not random. Each new question usually points to a control that was missing in a recent claim. When that control was missing, the loss got worse. Carriers paid for those losses. Then they changed how they ask about risk. The result is a renewal form that asks sharper questions about backups, MFA, wire transfers, endpoint security, vendors, and incident response. How you answer matters. A wrong answer can do more than raise your premium. If you say a control is in place and it is not, a future claim may be denied. This is called rescission. It means the carrier treats the policy as if it never existed. The safer path is simple. Answer honestly. Fix what you can before you submit. For anything you cannot fix in time, explain the gap and give a clear date for remediation. Why Cyber Insurance Applications Got Longer Cyber insurance applications changed because claim patterns changed. Three major events from 2023 and 2024 shaped many of the questions businesses now see on renewal forms. The MOVEit supply-chain breach changed how carriers look at software vendor risk. According to Cybersecurity Dive’s MOVEit breach timeline, unusual activity was first reported in May 2023. The Cl0p ransomware group had exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer tool. By late 2023, more than 2,650 organizations and more than 66 million people had been affected. The impact kept growing into 2024. The Change Healthcare ransomware incident in February 2024 pushed carriers to ask harder questions about MFA, backups, and incident response. HIPAA Journal’s coverage of major 2024 healthcare breaches noted that the incident disrupted healthcare claims processing and affected