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Twice as many desktops still running Windows XP than Windows 8, 8.1 combined

Tick-tock goes the clock, with less than a week remaining until April 8 and the end of XP support. It would seem like crooks should be gearing up for a huge party to celebrate the coming cybercrime spree since about “300 million” computers are still running Windows XP.
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Panda Security Study Reveals 63 Percent of Schools Plagued by IT Security Breaches at Least Twice a Year – Yahoo Finance

ORLANDO, Fla. , March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Panda Security , the Cloud Security Company, today announced the results of its inaugural Kindergarten-12 Education IT Security Study. The study, which surveyed more than 100 individuals that manage IT …
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Google: Change Your Password Twice a Year to Keep Safe (Robert McMillan/PC World)

Robert McMillan / PC World:
Google: Change Your Password Twice a Year to Keep Safe  —  Change your passwords twice a year and never reuse them.  Those are a few of the tips Google lists in an online security checklist that helps people stay one step ahead of the scammers.  —  With most Internet users now wary of spam messages …

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Denver’s website hacked twice in one week – Denver Post

… such attack … proclaimed “VIRuS—Ra3ch was here,” and included a warning in code: “W3 C4n’t H4ck A4y Thing ~ But W3 H4ck Wh4t W3 W4nt & your Security Information Has Been Passed Off,” as well as an e-mail address and website. In Colorado …
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