Windows XP still popular with users

More than 16% of all PC users who agreed to provide data to the distributed global Kaspersky Security Network were still working on computers running Windows XP in June 2014. This fact carries potential implications for information security. This number was part of...

Channel can help bridge the XP security gap

Microsoft Windows XP reached its official end-of-life (EOL) on 8 April 2014 – yet almost a third of the world’s machines are still running Windows XP, leaving smaller businesses at risk of major security breaches, says Chanel Homan, channel manager South Africa,...

End of XP support a threat to enterprises

40% of all enterprises still on Windows XP posing serious risk of data loss now April 8 deadline has passed. McAfee urges business to execute their contingency measures. End of support for Windows XP which was scheduled for April 8 has exposed many businesses to...

Windows XP migration offsets weak PC sales

Worldwide PC shipments totalled 73,4-million units in the first quarter of 2014 (1Q14), a decline of -4,4% year-on-year, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although still in decline and with continuing weakness in...

Windows XP a platform for vulnerabilities

Banks and other financial institutions are the most likely to be at risk when support for Windows XP comes to an end today (8 April). According to security software provider Trend Micro the vulnerabilities in the software will become so extreme that they will pose a...