Reports surfaced this week that the president of Russia is still using Windows XP as his primary operating system.
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December Patch Tuesday blunts WizardOpium attack chain
December 2019’s Patch Tuesday updates are, including a fix for the Windows flaw used in recently discovered WizardOpium attacks.
The GoldBrute botnet is trying to crack open 1.5 million RDP servers
Even its most optimistic users would have to concede that it’s been a bracing few weeks for anyone who relies on Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
How to rob an ATM? Let me count the ways…
A comprehensive new report lifts the lid on the sketchy state of ATM security.
Firefox finally casts Windows XP users adrift
Mozilla’s browser is waving goodbye to millions of XP holdouts.
Microsoft downloads Windows 10 to your computer even if you don’t want it yet
Microsoft really wants people to upgrade to Windows 10. So it’s downloaded the new operating system – secretly? – on Windows 7 and 8 PCs that have automatic updates turned on.
US Navy pays millions to cling to Windows XP
More than a year after Microsoft pulled the plug on free support for the end-of-life’d OS, hundreds of millions of users are still clinging to the drifting ship.
Microsoft’s Project Spartan browser will replace Internet Explorer – but slowly
Yes, Internet Explorer is going away, eventually. But Microsoft’s admission that an unnamed browser – codenamed Project Spartan – will take over as the default browser in Windows 10 led to some premature celebrations. 
Chinese government shuns Windows 8 – security, economy or politics?
China is banning the use of Windows 8 in government departments, with an announcement from the country’s Central Government Procurement Center nicely timed to add to the sizzling diplomatic row between China and the US.