There is civil infrasructure still running Windows 3.1, unfortunately.
Windows will continue to exist for a long time after any fall. And once it finally becomes impractical to remain on that platform, most users will go to MacOS and most businesses will go to Linux. And a lot of Windows software will run in emulation on both platforms for the foreseeable future.
I remember watching a talk from someone that pen-tested ATMs in the wild. Granted, a few years ago, but it sounded like a lot of the kiosks were running Windows XP.
Banks are notoriously cheap and I doubt that it’s changed.
Even if MS were to fail somehow, Windows is going to take decades to disappear from the landscape.
Not a fan of it, but what if the older versions still needed by some places get reverse engineered by AI and upgraded to be up to date? For some things you don’t need the latest, you just need what has worked for years. Just need to keep it air gaped from the internet, but that could be patched.
There is civil infrasructure still running Windows 3.1, unfortunately.
Windows will continue to exist for a long time after any fall. And once it finally becomes impractical to remain on that platform, most users will go to MacOS and most businesses will go to Linux. And a lot of Windows software will run in emulation on both platforms for the foreseeable future.
I remember watching a talk from someone that pen-tested ATMs in the wild. Granted, a few years ago, but it sounded like a lot of the kiosks were running Windows XP.
Banks are notoriously cheap and I doubt that it’s changed.
Even if MS were to fail somehow, Windows is going to take decades to disappear from the landscape.
Not a fan of it, but what if the older versions still needed by some places get reverse engineered by AI and upgraded to be up to date? For some things you don’t need the latest, you just need what has worked for years. Just need to keep it air gaped from the internet, but that could be patched.
Old stuff shouldn’t be changed. As long as it’s offline and it’s reliable, it will keep chugging.
The only problem is when it doesn’t, parts replacement gets much more difficult.
Using AI would be antithetical to patching old software. That said, there are groups keeeping older OSes secure with fan patches.