Bad news for Microsoft as Windows 10's market share flatlines

While it was free, and being aggressively pushed on to users (whether they wanted it or not), Windows 10 saw strong growth, rapidly gaining significant market share. However, since it became a paid product, it’s fair to say the new operating system has been struggling. In September, NetMarketShare reported that Windows 10 didn’t just show slower growth, it went into reverse gear and actually lost usage share. And things weren’t much better for Windows 10 in October either. SEE ALSO: WTF? Windows 10 now actually losing market share NetMarketShare shows that in October, Windows 10 went from 22.53 percent usage… [Continue Reading]

70 percent of organizations are swamped by threat data

New research from threat intelligence platform Anomali and the Ponemon Institute shows that 70 percent of security industry professionals believe threat intelligence is often too big and/or complex to provide actionable insights. It also shows that they often fail to share essential threat data with board members and C-level executives, despite the fact that security is now a business priority. In addition the study finds that security teams within organizations aren't optimized to deliver on threat intelligence. Less than half (46 percent) of those polled say incident responders use threat data when deciding how to respond to malicious activity, which… [Continue Reading]

Will Hillary Clinton win? Can Donald Trump become president? Find out live on YouTube

Today is the first day of November. While the start of this month is not normally exciting, it is home to my favorite holiday -- Thanksgiving. This year, the month is much more than turkey, however. You see, on November 8th, many Americans will cast their votes for President of the United States. This election season has been particularly contentious, so it can feel like the stakes are very high. Not to mention, there is the possibility of history being made, as we could see the first woman elected to this particular office. Do you think Hillary Clinton will win the… [Continue Reading]

Tinder has spoken -- Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump

There's now just a week to go in the battle between Trump and Clinton. The race to the White House is nearly over and as revelation after revelation sways polls this way and that way, voters and pundits alike are asking: just who will win this election? Dating app Tinder thinks it knows the answer. Working in conjunction with Rock the Vote, Tinder users were invited to Swipe the Vote to see not only who they would vote for, but also which candidate they most closely matched. Around the world -- with the exception of Russia -- Clinton came out… [Continue Reading]

Number of DDoS attacks down but speed and size increases

The number of DDoS attacks fell more than 40 percent to 97,700 attacks in the second quarter of 2016 according to the latest threat report from DDoS security service Nexusguard. The report reveals there was a sharp dip in distributed reflection denial of service (DrDoS) attacks, with DNS-based attacks falling 97 percent compared to the previous quarter. However, recent DDoS attacks on cybercrime journalist Brian Krebs and OVH, a French internet hosting provider, broke records for speed and size. Nexusguard researchers put the drop in reflection attacks and the success of these massive attacks to hackers favoring Mirai-style botnets of… [Continue Reading]

Google discloses actively exploited Windows vulnerability before Microsoft patch is ready

Google has shared details of a 0-day vulnerability in Windows a mere 10 days after informing Microsoft of the problem. In Google's own words, "this vulnerability is particularly serious because we know it is being actively exploited", but the company is accused of putting users at risk. Microsoft is yet to produce a patch for the security problem, and it's not clear when one will be released. Google's argument is -- as it has been in the past -- that publicly revealing problems with Windows and other software helps to protect users by encouraging developers to fix things faster than… [Continue Reading]

UK government can save £2 billion through digital transformation

A new report has revealed that the UK government could save £2 billion by 2020 if it took the appropriate actions needed to shift its citizens to digital services and away from outdated technology and legacy contracts. Independent charity the Institute for Government argued these points in its latest report titled Making a Success of Digital Government, in which it noted how the government has yet to see a significant return when it comes to the savings that could be generated by a transition to digital services. If the UK were to double down on its efforts and make it… [Continue Reading]