The security industry took a massive hit this week with the Heartbleed bug, and while it took most of the focus, there’s some notable news that you may have missed. Here are your top 5 security stories of the week:
Windows XP will be officially discontinued on 8 April, but the legend platform is far from becoming extinct. 95% of the world’s ATMs are still powered by the 12-year old operating system, opening the door for Ploutus attacks. More and more hackers are using SMS messages to steal money. As informed in our previous Windows
Microsoft has announced that all official Windows XP support will be terminated on April 8, 2014. But despite the fact that zero-day is just around the corner, millions of businesses and individuals are still using the legacy platform, making them extremely vulnerable to hacking and malware attacks. The Windows XP platform’s ecosystem is officially going
Lovers of the “Terminator” movie series surely remember how John Connor used his cool “binary code gadget” to hack into his local ATM machine. Technology has changed a lot since the early nineties, but hackers are still milking ATMs using malware-loaded USB drives. It’s estimated that millions of dollars have already been stolen in Europe
In a sudden turn of events, Microsoft has released a Security Advisory regarding vulnerability in some of its most common software versions. This security flaw can allow hackers to execute codes remotely by gaining full access to user’s computers.
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