People still running the now-retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) can still trick the operating system into installing security updates, finds a researcher. Data exposed included search terms, location coordinates, and device information but no personal data. Microsoft is offering rewards of up to $30,000 for researchers to hunt out vulnerabilities in its new Chromium-based Edge browser. Read the full article in this article by CNN Tech Hero James Carville and his co-hosts at 9 p.m. ET.
Source: https://threatpost.com/windows-xp-sp2-registry-hack-gets-updates-081010/74315/