Please share the following information with your teams.
Per our service advisory to the community (copied below), a critical Microsoft security patch was applied to central print servers on November 18th. The maintenance was necessary to address the Print Nightmare zero-day vulnerability, which puts the university at high risk against a cyber-attack.
Unfortunately, this emergency security patch has impacted printing for some community members running various versions of Windows.
If you are experiencing printing issues since November 18th, please reach out to askit@yorku.ca. Please include your best method of contact and a technician will reach out to you as soon as they can to resolve this issue.
We thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
Microsoft releases critical security updates on a continuous monthly cycle. If a computer running Windows is missing critical security updates, the appropriate desktop support team will need to address and troubleshoot further.
We thank you for your continued patience and understanding.
