An operating system on end of life is ripe for attack

By Tony Campbell on May 26, 2015 2:10PM

[Blog post] Windows Server 2003 users could be in a world of hurt.

Microsoft is turning off the life support machine for the ailing grandparent of the Windows server family on July 15. Will anyone really care if Windows Server 2003 is no longer supported? Surely no system administrator in his or her right mind would be running a 12-year-old operating system, ...

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Tony Campbell

Tony Campbell has been a technology and security professional for over two decades, during which time he has worked on dozens of large-scale enterprise security projects, published technical books and worked as a technical editor for Apress Inc.

He was was the co-founder of Digital Forensics Magazine prior to developing security training courses for infosec skills.

He now lives and works in Perth, where he maintains a security consulting role with Kinetic IT while continuing to develop training material and working on fiction in his limited spare time.