Microsoft announced on 1/15/2014 that they would continue to provide signature and engine updates for Microsoft Anti-Malware products running on Windows XP past the April 8, 2014 end-of-support for the OS, through July 14, 2015. For enterprise customers, this applies to System Center Endpoint Protection, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection and Windows Intune running on Windows XP. For consumers, this applies to Microsoft Security Essentials.

Consolidation continues in the security industry with the acquisition of Mandiant by FireEye. FireEye makes malware prevention systems, while Mandiant is best known for their forensic work in tracking down hackers, such as the "Comment Crew" of the Peoples Liberation Army. It will be interesting to see what the combination looks like.