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The acquisition of Skype by the Internet behemoth, Microsoft Corporation was being hailed as a new venture in to yet unknown features for the 200+ million users of the VoIP king. However, in yet another major blow to user privacy, Microsoft has now agreed to implement a new security measure in Skype that will allow intelligence and investigation agencies [...]

As per an advisory issued by the Department of Homeland Security, a software bundle that comes with the Energizer DUO USB battery charger contains a Trojan horse that has been known to infiltrate and infect Microsoft Windows based computers. The Trojan horse was discovered by the US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), a branch of [...]

One of the biggest names in the security software and hardware industry, Sophos, has stated that, Microsoft’s decision to the lessen the impact of the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 7 operating system has been very unwise. The highly intrusive and at times frustrating pop ups that were delivered in Windows Vista, whenever users installed [...]