Windows XP is still running thousands of websites worldwide
It's not just desktop users who refuse to move on from Windows XP. Thousands of websites are still enamored with the now-unsupported OS, too.
It's not just desktop users who refuse to move on from Windows XP. Thousands of websites are still enamored with the now-unsupported OS, too.
This Patch Tuesday has much more significance than most. With only four security bulletins from Microsoft, it's relatively tame as far as Patch Tuesdays go, but today also marks the final patches and updates from Microsoft for Windows XP.
Tony Bradley | 09 Apr | Read more
On Tuesday night, the United Kingdom's Prime Minister, David Cameron, will go to sleep secure in the knowledge that his government's Windows XP PCs won't be hacked the next day. That doesn't mean you will.
Mark Hachman | 07 Apr | Read more
There are no more lifelines. In a few days, Microsoft will pull the plug on Windows XP support for consumers. With no more updates or security patches available (other than some bare-bones malware support), it's forecast to be open season on the legacy operating system. But just how bad will the "Windows XPocalypse" be? We spoke to several security experts to find out.
Tony Bradley | 04 Apr | Read more
Recriminations were flying as security vendor Trustwave Holdings was named in a lawsuit related to the penetration of US retailer Target, in a suit related to Target's obligations under the PCI DSS credit-card industry standard. The move was termed a wake up call for companies looking to hire PCI DSS auditors, while others in the credit-card industry were seizing on the Target hack to further their arguments for PIN vs chip-based card security.
David Braue | 01 Apr | Read more
Companies in Australia and New Zealand are well ahead of world pace in moving away from Windows XP – which is widely expected to become a security nightmare once Microsoft discontinues updates for the platform next Monday – but hundreds of thousands of regional PCs are still running the operating system, according to new statistics from Trend Micro.
David Braue | 01 Apr | Read more
A lull in the rate at which new exploits for Windows XP are being released has many in the security community convinced that hackers are stockpiling exploits for a mass attack on remaining XP-based computers once Microsoft discontinues support for the operating system on April 8.
David Braue | 19 Mar | Read more
Windows XP is just a few short weeks away from coming out of support from Microsoft. And that means no more updates for security vulnerabilities. So, what's that mean for businesses? Can they just carry on as if nothing has changed or will retaining Microsoft's most popular OS create new risks for the enterprise?
Anthony Caruana | 13 Mar | Read more
Lack of updates after April 8, 2014 adds security complications for companies, retailers running specialty software dependent on XP
Antone Gonsalves | 14 Aug | Read more
A surprising percentage of organizations are still running desktops with the XP Service Pack 2 OS, which Microsoft said it would no longer patch as of Tuesday this week.
Jeremy Kirk | 19 Jul | Read more
If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.
Shane O'Neill | 23 Jun | Read more
The Windows XP exploit that was published by a Google engineer last week is now being exploited in the wild, according to researchers at Sophos Labs.
Joan Goodchild | 17 Jun | Read more
More than 98% of Windows computers harbor at least one unpatched application, and nearly half contain 11 or more programs at risk from attack, a Danish security company said Wednesday.
Gregg Keizer | 04 Dec | Read more