Dear Departed XP Still Getting Security Updates and Other IT Security News

Looks like XP is still the hot talk of the town, even after it was pulled out of support last month. In the wake of a nasty security bug in IE which could let hackers completely zombify a user’s machine, Microsoft released a quick security patch. But the interesting news here is, the security patch […]

Google generously refunds victims and funds open source initiatives – More IT news

Here is a quick roundup of the latest IT security news updates from the week gone by. It’s been a slow week with the world still reeling from the aftereffects of Heartbleed, but there are plenty of news worthy stories that our security conscious readers should be aware about. Google refunds users who fell for […]

Aftereffects of Heartbleed: Have You Changed these Passwords?

Last week we wrote a blog about Heartbleed, the latest security bug that turned up around the world and caused global mayhem. The bug targeted the SSL encryption of web services that used OpenSSL, and this meant pretty much every major web service was affected. Moreover, security researchers subsequently found that this bug had been […]

5 Tips for Online Smartphone Shopping Nobody Tells You About

The new Flipkart app is pretty amazing, isn’t it? If you haven’t tried it out as yet, you definitely should. However, there are several things you need to keep in mind when you make an online purchase through your smartphone. Most people wrongly believe that smartphones are malware free and carry little to no danger […]

Windows 8.1 Users May Face the Fate of XP – And More News

Last week we brought you some interesting news excerpts about the nasty security bug called Heartbleed and how a 5 year-old-boy hacked into his father’s Xbox One. Let’s see what this week has got for you. Incidents of personal data theft rise at an alarming rate According to a study conducted by Pew Research Center, […]

3 Important Things You Should Know About Heartbleed

Password leaks and targeted attacks are nothing new and the latest security bug related to a massive loss of passwords across the world is ‘Heartbleed’. This bug has received a lot of media coverage over the last few days, so there is a lot of confusion about what it is and what one needs to […]

Security News – Heartbleed Exposes Millions of Online Passwords

There has been a severe password outage this week thanks to the already famous ‘Heartbleed’ breakdown. Millions of passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive data have been revealed so it is strongly advised that you change all your passwords immediately. Other security news updates pale in comparison to this threat, so you need to […]

Tips to Identify Fake Antivirus

“Antivirus here and there, which one to trust…” Okay that might be a bad phrase, but you get the point right. Fake antivirus software are in line with some of the major threats prevalent on the Internet today.  Many people have ended up paying money for such software which are either malicious or just keep […]

Microsoft Extends Windows XP support for UK government – IT Security News

Looks like Microsoft hasn’t been completely truthful about pulling off support from Windows XP post April 8th, 2014. Scroll below to catch this and other interesting IT security stories of the week. Microsoft extending Windows XP support for the UK Government for a hefty £5.5 million The great hoo-ha about Windows XP going out of […]

Beware – Fake Google Apps Spotted Over Windows Phone Store!

Windows Phone has a worldwide market share of less than 5% in 2014, and this has led to its marketplace (known as the Windows Phone Store) being ignored by several app developers. The most prominent of these developers of course, is Google. Right now the only Google app that is available over the Windows Phone […]