Blog: September 2014

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Shellshock: the latest major computer bug

The discovery of a major new computer bug was announced yesterday, which has the potential to affect Mac and Linux users.

Shellshock has been described as a “deadly serious” bug, and “about as bad as it gets”. It has the potential to affect hundreds of millions of computers, servers and devices. It can be used to easily take remote control of almost any system using a software component called Bash.

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Problems with upgrading Windows XP

Microsoft officially stopped supporting the Windows XP operating system on 8^th April this year after more than a decade. This means that it no longer provides technical support services, but more importantly it also stopped updating the software. So, no more bug fixes, and most crucially of all, no more security patches. Desktops or laptops still using the XP operating system are now much more vulnerable to cyber attacks as a result. XP hasn’t updated since 8^th April 2014, which makes it a sitting duck target.

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