Windows XP Will be a Gold Mine for Hackers After Microsoft's End of Support
While Microsoft tries desperately to increase the number of its Windows 8 sold copies, Windows XP still holds an impressive 37% market share of desktop operating systems. Redmond hopes that when it will stop support for Windows XP in April 2014, this will contribute to the increase of Windows 8 sales.
And it seems that cybercriminals are very well-prepared for that moment, readying waves of Windows XP attacks that are bound to convert into nice amounts of money, as the average price on the black market for a Windows XP exploit is said to be from $50,000 to $150,000, according to security expert Jason Fossen.