The $199 device watches for Internet threats across phones, tablets, computers and smart home products.
Following allegations that Facebook censors viewpoints its employees don't like, Finland-based cyber security company F-Secure has suggested certain step to uncensor it.
F-Secure: Security outfit F-Secure released its Threat Report for the first half of 2014, and in it the company highlights an increase in online attacks that lock up user data and hold it for ransom. This rising trend in "ransomware," as it's called, is even prevalent on mobile devices, most notably Android, which was the target of 294 of the 295 new threat families F-Secure discovered, with the only other taking aim at iOS.
The Inquirer: F-Secure can't quite believe that Microsoft's 2001 operating system (OS) Windows XP is still in circulation and being used regularly by millions of consumers and businesses, due to its insufficient level of security. Speaking at a roundtable event at the F-Secure labs in Helsinki, Finland on Tuesday, the firm's chief security researcher Mikko Hypponen said that the Windows XP OS can't go soon enough.
for those that have xp machines that cant run windows 7 or higher, i suggest going to lubuntu. linux isnt as scary as some may think. its actually quite user friendly and almost everything that needs to be done by the average everyday user will have a GUI for. no code needed.
