Microsoft IE Browser Death March Hastens

Internet Explorer redirects more traffic to Edge Chromium browser as Microsoft warns of the upcoming demise of the once dominant browser. Continue reading Microsoft IE Browser Death March Hastens

Ask Hackaday: Is Windows XP Source Code Leak a Bad Thing?

News comes overnight that the Windows XP source code has been leaked. The Verge says they have “verified the material as legitimate” and that the leak also includes Windows Server 2003 and some DOS and CE code as well. The thing is, it has now been more than six years …read more

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The Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 source code leaks online

Various media outlets are reporting that the source code for the legacy operating systems Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 have leaked online.

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Hiding Malware, With Windows XP

In the nearly four decades since the first PC viruses spread in the wild, malware writers have evolved some exceptionally clever ways to hide their creations from system administrators and from anti-virus writers. The researchers at Sophos have found one that conceals itself as probably the ultimate Trojan horse: it …read more

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Is there a security threat to a Windows XP computer only being used as an analogue fax server?

The XP computer is not directly connected to the internet. However, it is on the LAN where it holds analogue faxes for manual processing by staff. The other computers on the LAN are all Windows 10 computers. The entire LAN is behind a 3… Continue reading Is there a security threat to a Windows XP computer only being used as an analogue fax server?