Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks Refuses to patch Internet Explorer bug that hackers are already exploiting Hackers are exploiting an Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability that was left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and outside security experts said. The bug, identified as CVE-2014-1815, was one of two Microsoft patched with a critical… Read More »
Windows 7 And Windows Vista More At Risk To Viruses Than Windows XP, Says Microsoft Released in 2001, Windows XP proved popular enough to last a good decade. It was Microsoft’s first mass-market OS to support Windows NT, a powerful multiprocessing, multi-user OS. In a perfect example of terrible timing, Microsoft has published its biannual Security Intelligence Report… Read More »
Hack Any Friend’s Facebook Scam False promises on Facebook: it’s a recurring theme adopted by spammers. This time, it’s a Facebook post that begins as follows: UPDATE LINK FOR FACEBOOK HACKING F.A.C.B.O.O.K —-H.A.C.K.I.N.G(ONLY FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES) The content of the post includes a link to a Google document and written instructions on how to hack your friend’s Facebook… Read More »
Microsoft extends Windows 8.1 Update requirement deadline for consumer security updates from May 12 to June 10 Microsoft today extended the deadline for Windows 8.1 users to keep receiving security updates. The Windows 8.1 Update requirement has been moved up by about a month, from May 12 to June 10. Both days coincide with the day before their… Read More »
Hackers now crave patches, and Microsoft’s giving them just what they want At least one of next Tuesday’s updates looks like an excellent candidate to hackers as they sniff for bugs in the now-retired Windows XP Computerworld – Hackers will have at least one, perhaps as many as four, patches next week to investigate as they search for unfixed… Read More »
A closer look at just how badly Windows 8.x is failing Once a month I report on the desktop operating system market share using data from NetMarketShare. The changes in fortune between the different flavours of Windows is usually fairly minimal – a per centage point gained here, a per centage point lost there. And usually the rise… Read More »