{"id":393,"date":"2021-07-09T11:09:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T15:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/?p=393"},"modified":"2021-10-12T15:57:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T19:57:18","slug":"update-personal-windows-devices-patch-released-for-printnightmare-security-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/update-personal-windows-devices-patch-released-for-printnightmare-security-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Update Personal Windows Devices &#8211; Patch Released for PrintNightmare Security Bug"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microsoft has released a security patch for the <a href=\"https:\/\/msrc.microsoft.com\/update-guide\/vulnerability\/CVE-2021-34527\">PrintNightmare bug<\/a>, a recently discovered vulnerability that lets attackers take control of devices. Users are encouraged to update their personal Windows devices as soon as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note, faculty and staff with University-managed devices do not need to take any action, as the patches were automatically pushed out. &nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Update Windows to Apply the Security Patch<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Visit the Start Menu and select <em>Settings.<\/em><\/li><li>Select <em>Update &amp; Security<\/em><\/li><li>Select <em>Check for Updates.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li><li>Select KB5004945 to fix the PrintNightmare bug.&nbsp;<\/li><li>After a few moments, you will be prompted to restart your computer.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>For best security, devices should be set to auto-update, to ensure critical and routine patches are applied as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions concerning this message or need assistance, please contact the Information Systems Security Team at <a href=\"mailto:infosec@wfu.edu\">infosec@wfu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has released a security patch for the PrintNightmare bug, a recently discovered vulnerability that lets attackers take control of devices. Users are encouraged to update their personal Windows devices as soon as possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4,5],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.is.wfu.edu\/infosec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}