As we reported this morning, a group of hackers called Shadow Brokers freely made available online the password for encrypted NSA tools that were used to compromise Windows operating systems.
The news immediately went around the world mainly because the timing of the leak coincided with the weekend and during the Easter holidays for many, making the development of updates impossible for the developers. 
And even though it seemed like the end of the world, as some experts said in this case, Microsoft just announced that there is absolutely no reason to worry.
The NSA tools that leaked aim to exploit vulnerabilities that have already been patched, according to Microsoft's announcement, so if you fully upgrade your system, no one will be able to infiltrate your computer.
The vulnerabilities are very old, according to the company's statement, and have already been identified before the release of Windows Vista, while others have been addressed with more recent updates.
The keyword in Microsoft's announcement, however, is the term “supported.”
This means that only Windows versions that continue to receive updates are secure. Windows XP, for example, could be vulnerable to attacks, as updates have stopped since April 2014.
«The three exploits,“EnglishmanDentist”,“EsteemAudit”, and“ExplodingCan”, do not work on supported platforms, which means that our customers running Windows 7 and later versions of Windows or Exchange 2010 and newer versions of Exchange are not at risk. Our customers who continue to run older versions of these products are encouraged to upgrade to a supported version”, says Microsoft.
