One thing about criminals is that they are smart business people. If something makes business sense, they’ll adopt it. Like so many smart businesses around the world, cybercriminals are increasingly jumping on the cloud bandwagon. We’ve seen examples of cybercriminals using cloud-based services to distribute malware. Today our researchers have found evidence that they’ve moved…

At the turn of the year we launched Security Predictions for 2014 and Beyond – our attempt to anticipate the major trends in cyber space impacting businesses over the coming years. For anyone doubting our prediction that 2014 would see at least one major data breach incident per month, the past few months will have…

People are waking up today to news of another data breach affecting a major company. This time it’s EBay and if you’re an eBay customer you need to take action right away. We don’t have full details but here’s what we do know from EBay’s announcement. Sometime between late February and early March 2014, attackers…

There’s a new security issue in the news that many people are worried about. It’s called the “Heartbleed vulnerability.” There’s a lot of confusion around it, especially about what most people should be concerned about and do about it. To help you understand what’s going on and not panic, here are some answers to FAQs…

It’s finally here. After more than 12 ½ years, today, April 8, 2014, is Windows XP’s retirement day. After today, there are no more security updates coming for Windows XP. EVER. And after today, NO ONE should be running Windows XP. We’ve been talking about the importance of getting off Windows XP and of letting…

We are less than a week away from a proverbial red letter day: the end of security support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. For the past few months, we’ve been talking about this impending event. We’ve talked about what people can expect in terms of the number of vulnerabilities they may see when…

Two weeks from now, Windows XP will come to the end of its long and successful run. When the history books are written, Windows XP will likely go down as the most successful version of Windows in history. But all good things must come to an end, and that includes computer operating systems. After April…

We’ve heard the phrase “it can happen to anyone” many times in life in many different contexts. The point of the saying is to humble us and remind us that no matter how smart and careful we are, bad things can still happen to us. We’re not so smart and careful that we can control…

I said in September 2013 that the security situation around Java 6 had gotten much worse. In our recently released 2013 Annual Threat Roundup one thing we looked into is the current state of attacks against Java vulnerabilities. What we see in that report confirms that as of the end of 2013, the Java 6…

Today we released our annual threat roundup where we look back at the year as a whole to understand the broad trends we’ve seen. 2013 has been a big year. But unlike other years there’s no single big event that marks it. Unlike past years where a single event or trend stood out, in 2013…