We have detected a phishing campaign targeting Android developers who are publishing their creations in Google Play, Android’s official app store. The from field in the email comes from “Play Developer Support”, with the subject “Update your Account Informations”, as you can see in the following screenshot: If you click in the link provided, you […]
We often hear about the impact of cybercrime, but too seldom do we read about the successes that law enforcement officials have in apprehending those responsible and bringing them to justice. Last week was an especially busy time for cybercrime justice, with authorities across the globe bringing arrests, prosecutions and some cases stiff sentences in […]
The first quarter of 2015 saw a 165 percent increase in new ransomware led by the new and difficult-to-detect CTB Locker ransomware family, new ransomware family called TeslaCrypt. If these weren’t enough, we had to contend with the emergence of new versions of CryptoWall, TorrentLocker and BandarChor. CTB-Locker’s has been one of the […]
A smartphone is nothing without its apps. Looking around the apps store is something we do quite frequently, either by necessity or to see what’s new or which game is most popular. And probably, while you are there browsing you end up downloading one or two. That’s when Android users have to accept certain permissions […]
Cryptolocker is the threat that everyone is talking about. It affects both home users and companies though, in many cases, companies are more exposed due to the large amount of confidential information they handle. Juan Santesmases, Vice President Product Management & Business Development at Panda Security, explains what Cryptolocker is and how companies can deal […]
Panda Security has reason to celebrate. Today the multinational developer of security solutions designed to protect the digital lives of individuals and organizations alike is celebrating 25 years in the vanguard of IT security, not just in its native Spain, but all around the globe. Panda Security, with a direct presence in more than 80 […]
Hershey Park, a popular resort and amusement park in Hershey, Pa. has hired a security firm to investigate reports from multiple financial institutions about a possible credit card breach, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Contacted after reports by several financial institutions about a pattern of fraudulent charges on customer cards that trace back to Hershey properties, the […]
It’s Panda’s Birthday. But this 2015 is not an ordinary anniversary. Tomorrow, June 25th, we turn 25, no more, no less! Panda was born in 1990, which was also the date of the World Wide Web development, what a coincidence, right? It has been 25 years in which we had time to do many things […]