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Security reporters Brian Donohue and Chris Brook discuss security and privacy headlines from the first few weeks of the new year.

September’s security news was dominated by three stories: the Home Depot data breach, the Apple celebrity nude photo leak scandal and the Shellshock vulnerability in Bash.

Windows XP’s longevity is fascinating – and terrifying from the security point of view. The latest survey shows it’s still around – over 16% of KSN users still use Windows XP, but it is also clear that its epoch is near the end.

In the news: Microsoft’s No-IP takedown fiasco, Chinese APT groups curious about U.S. Iraq policy, Verizon says the government wants locations data, and Microsoft denies backdoor insinuations.

Overextended lifecycle of an OS at a certain point becomes a security problem. Will merging all Windows platforms into a single one lead to a shortening of Windows lifecycles?

Microsoft’s announcement that it is going to consolidate all of its major platforms into one is quite a logical move. But what are the possible consequences regarding businesses and cybersecurity?

Phishers exploit global World Cup interest with a campaign disguised as a petition to reinstate Luis Suarez. Microsoft patched 29 security vulnerabilities.

Microsoft hit hard at No-IP.com, a dynamic DNS service which was in active use by cybercriminals. However, the “collateral damage” toll appeared to be a little too high.

May 2014 appears to be very stormy and volatile in regards to information security. Still overshadowed by Heartbleed and Windows XP “official demise” from April, it has brought a lot of troubles on its own.

Microsoft Internet Explorer and Adobe Flash Player zero-days replace OpenSSL Heartbleed as the primary topic of discussion in this week’s security news.

We begin our synopsis of this week by looking forward to next week when Microsoft will – at long last – discontinue its support of the once ubiquitous, forever vulnerable,

Last week was something of a slow week for those of us that spend our days writing about computer security news. However, while there may not have been an abundance

At the end of 2012, we thought were about to observe the End of the world. In 2013, the end of Futurama was gravely approaching. 2014 will bring us the

A few days ago Microsoft released a bulletin that described a newly discovered vulnerability (CVE-2013-3906) in several flagship products of the company and reported some detected exploits for it. Attackers

Microsoft (and Adobe for that matter) released a slew of security updates in the May 2013 edition of their monthly patch Tuesday release. As always, if your machine isn’t set

Windows 8 is being touted as a major change in the way that people will use and interact with their PCs, tablets and other devices. Much of the change is

In terms of security it’s not the one who has more talented programmers who creates the best protection. Instead, it’s often the one who’s been attacked the most who’s forced

Yes, this is the most secure version of the Windows Store ever. Sure, it’s also the first version of the Windows Store, but Microsoft knows that the basic mechanics of

PROS Awesome design First of all, the Metro interface looks amazing. It is very light, clean and simple. The user experience is a result of the developer’s abilities to follow