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• Microsoft to shutter security notification service

  Microsoft will shut down its email notification service for security warnings on tuesday, telling IT and security administrators that they should instead subscribe to RSS feeds from the firm.

• Microsoft sticks to vow, leaves XP exposed to ongoing attacks

  Hackers are already exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability left unpatched in Windows XP on Tuesday, Microsoft and security experts said.

• Microsoft: We're serious this time; XP's dead to us

  It's Patch Tuesday for Microsoft, but Windows XP users aren't getting any of the security updates. Get used to it, the company says.

• Windows XP die-hards can slash attack risk by dumping IE

  By switching to a non-Microsoft browser, Windows XP users can halve the number of vulnerabilities that apply to the OS, according to a survey of flaws Microsoft fixed in the second half of 2013.

• Hackers find first post-retirement Windows XP-related vulnerability

  Microsoft has informed customers that cyber-criminals are exploiting an unpatched and critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) using "drive-by" attacks.

• 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.

• 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.

• Perspective: Throw Windows XP a lifeline, Microsoft

  Microsoft's support for WIndows XP ends in less than four months, and the company has warned users repeatedly that it's time to move on. But a lot of them are sticking with the aged OS. And for Microsoft, that's a problem.

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