Many of you who are using Windows 7 have written to us asking if you should upgrade to Windows 8.x in light of the recent revelations that Microsoft has released fixes for Windows 8 for zero-day vulnerabilities but not for Windows 7. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 with Service Pack One (SP1) will be supported until January 14, 2020 (extended… Read More »
Avast doesn’t even come close to living up to its promise of protecting its users from malware. At one time we recommended Avast, but we stopped recommending them two years ago when Avast decided to become a one-size-fits-all security solution – a little Norton. The truth is that even the worst of the anti-virus bunch does a decent… Read More »
The following is an email we received from Avast. It must be very embarrassing for a company which makes security software for consumers can’t secure their own Web site. If we were Avast users (which we are not) we’d have second thoughts. Dear Cloudeight, The AVAST forum is currently offline and will remain so for a brief period.… Read More »
Microsoft swats away FBI request for Office 365 subscriber data Microsoft has successfully challenged a secret letter from the Federal Bureau of Investigation ordering it to turn over data from one of its Office 365 customers, court documents made public on Thursday have revealed. The documents, which remained secret until they were unsealed by the US District Court… Read More »
More than 100 people nabbed in global hacker crackdown The FBI and police in several countries have arrested more than 100 people and conducted hundreds of searches in recent days in a global crackdown on hackers linked to the malicious software called Blackshades, two law enforcement officials told CNN. The years-long investigation is targeting one of the most… Read More »
Report: NSA Exploited Heartbleed to Siphon Passwords for Two Years The NSA knew about and exploited the Heartbleed vulnerability for two years before it was publicly exposed this week, and used it to steal account passwords and other data, according to a news report. Speculation had been rampant this week that the spy agency might have known about the… Read More »