Malware and Vulnerabilities - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Shadow cloud services pose a growing risk to enterprises

  A growing tendency by business units and workgroups to sign up for cloud services without asking their IT organization creates serious risks for enterprises.

• Microsoft engineer: 'Definitely problems' with test process after crippling Windows patch

  A week after Microsoft pulled a Patch Tuesday update that crippled some Windows 7 PCs, the company has yet to provide a working fix for either the original flaw or the resulting problem.

• Update: Microsoft pulls crippling patch from Windows Update

  Although Microsoft has pulled a patch from Windows Update that crippled some computers, it is still pushing a truncated version of the security update that contained the flawed fix.

• Microsoft urges customers to uninstall 'Blue Screen of Death' update

  Microsoft is quietly recommending that customers uninstall one of last week's security updates after users reported that it crippled their computers with the infamous "Blue Screen of Death."

• Grocery stores in multiple states hit by data breach

  A data breach at Supervalu Inc., one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S., could affect thousands of people who shopped at the company's stores in June and July.

• XPocalypse, not now

  Two months after Microsoft ended support for Windows XP, the catastrophic wave of exploits security experts expected to wash over the aged operating system have failed to materialize.

• Microsoft returns to scare tactic well in dump-XP campaign

  Microsoft has pulled out the big guns - a fear-of-God approach - to scare users into dumping Windows XP, telling them the most popular tasks done on a PC will put them in the crosshairs of cyber criminals.

• Major companies, like Target, often fail to act on malware alerts

  Companies that suffer major data breaches almost always portray themselves as victims of cutting edge attack techniques and tools. The reality, though, is often much more mundane.

• Bitcoin malware count soars as cryptocurrency value climbs

  As bitcoin values jumped in the last months of 2013, malware designed to steal the virtual currency exploded, security researchers from Dell SecureWorks said this week.

• Breach goes from bad to worse for Target and its customers

  Target's acknowledgement Friday that personal data of 70 million people, not 40 million as previously thought, may have been exposed to hackers in a recent data breach raises new questions about the incident and how it could affect victims.

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