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Windows 10 Security Risks: Update NOW Before Cyber Attacks!
Oct 25, 2025
Microsoft has ended support for Windows 10, leaving millions exposed to cyber attacks. 40% of Australian computers still run on it! Upgrade to Windows 11 now to stay protected. #Windows10 #CyberSecurity #TechNews #Windows11
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Phoebe, thank you. Well, Microsoft has
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warned users of Window 10 around the
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world to update their software as soon
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as possible to minimize the risk of
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cyber attacks now that support for the
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program has officially ended. Tech Whiz
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Kid Austin Turpin is the founder of Flip
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Tech Australia and joins us now in the
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studio. Austin, thanks so much for
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joining us.
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Thank you very much for having me, TSH.
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Why should we care about Windows 10?
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Well, because Windows 10 is is now
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deprecated. it no longer is being
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updated. When you know when you can turn
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your computer on and it runs this
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annoying update, most of the time that's
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for security reasons because as hackers
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get more sophisticated, so too do the
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defenses against them. Now, Windows 10
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is no longer being updated, which means
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that every computer running Windows 10,
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especially over time, will become more
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and more susceptible to cyber attack.
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Why haven't we known about this?
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It is I have to answer the question
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every day. I have no idea. And in
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Australia, 40% of the computers that we
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we use as a nation are still operating
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Windows 10. And it's no longer being
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updated whatsoever. So it is honestly
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the biggest it's the news story that I
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can't believe isn't being shown around
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the world.
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So what does that expose us to? How
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susceptible are we by not having this
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effective anymore?
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Well, it'll get worse over time. So
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technology is improving at a rapid rate
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and things are getting more and more
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difficult to understand as we move into
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the future hackers cyber attacks get
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more sophisticated and as we all know
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Australia loves a cyber attack and it
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happens seemingly every month at this
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point and so it means that as we move
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forward the risk is going to increase so
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perhaps today perhaps not tomorrow but
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in 6 months in a year as the software
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Windows 10 doesn't keep up with new
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risks being invented being innovated it
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means that the risk will mount and mount
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and mount and it's already happened.
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It's just going to get worse.
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So, we're basically unprotected.
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We are unprotected and we've been left
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in the dust. We've been left to fend for
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ourselves. So, if you're running Windows
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10 effectively, you you really been left
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to your own devices here is what's
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happened.
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So, is there a Windows 11 like how what
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software do we update to make sure
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especially at home that we are guarded
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and not vulnerable to serious cyber
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attacks? So the answer is that we need
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to be operating on software which is
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being uh regularly updated like Windows
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11 is still under current support for
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sure and Windows 11's been around for
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quite a few years now. So most people
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are actually on Windows 11 but there is
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still quite a big minority as I said in
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Australia it's it's almost 40% there
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that is running Windows 10. So it's
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urgent that we get onto Windows 11 as a
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nation and frankly it's been made a lot
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more difficult than it really needs to
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be. I mean, it's actually quite
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difficult to know if you're running
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Windows 10, Windows 11. The layman
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really doesn't know. And so, that's why
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I have to answer the question every day
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to protect even my my parents, my
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grandparents, my friends, uncles,
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everybody. They have no nobody seems to
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know at all.
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And also major companies.
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Absolutely. That's where the biggest
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risk lies. As you can imagine, uh cyber
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cyber criminals are not attacking
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generally. They're not attacking
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individuals. They the big juicy target
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for them is corporate. So, we have a lot
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of corporates. We're seeing e-waste
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being thrown out on mass. This is the
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biggest creator of electronic waste in
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human history. Um, and so corporates are
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throwing out hundreds, thousands of
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devices which do not support Windows 11.
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That's what we're seeing at the moment.
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It's such a massive story. Austin, thank
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you so much for joining us to shed
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similar. Really appreciate it. Thank
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you.