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## Windows XP

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[Traps: Preventing Successful Attacks on Legacy ATM Endpoints
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Microsoft discontinued support of the venerable Windows XP operating system (OS) in April 2014. This OS had been a workhorse for over 12 years with a foothold on consumers, enterprises, and embedded systems such as automated teller machines (ATMs).

A year later, it was estimated that 75 percent of the world's ATMs (2.2 million) were still running on Windows XP. Given the quantity of devices and t...  
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## [Palo Alto Networks News of the Week -- April 11](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/04/palo-alto-networks-news-week-april-11/)

Check out top Palo Alto Networks news from this past week to help answer your questions about Windows XP protection and Heartbleed. Leave a comment below and let us know what you think.  
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By [Chad Berndtson](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/cberndston/?ts=markdown "Posts by Chad Berndtson")  
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## [Stopping Windows XP Attacks On the Endpoint](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/04/stopping-windows-xp-attacks-endpoint/)

Microsoft is no longer supporting Windows XP users with patches and security updates, but Palo Alto Networks offers multiple ways of protecting Windows XP customers, including the...  
Apr 11, 2014  
By [Scott Simkin](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/scott-simkin/?ts=markdown "Posts by Scott Simkin")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/04/palo-alto-networks-has-windows-xp-users-covered/)  
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## [Palo Alto Networks Has Windows XP Users Covered](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/04/palo-alto-networks-has-windows-xp-users-covered/)

This week Microsoft ends support for Windows XP, and organizations will no longer receive security updates or patches for the still widely used operating system.  
Apr 08, 2014  
By [Scott Simkin](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/scott-simkin/?ts=markdown "Posts by Scott Simkin")

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