mSpy, the makers of a dubious software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than two million people spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, appears to have been massively hacked. Last week, a huge trove of data apparently stolen from the company’s servers was posted on the Deep Web, exposing countless emails, […]
We have great news! Panda Security has obtained excellent results in April’s Real World Protection Test! And we are not the ones that say it! According to AV-Comparatives, we have achieved 100% detection rate in the tests conducted by this independent institute with a worldwide reputation. These results can only confirm the great results provided […]
CryptoLocker is a new family of ransomware whose business model (yes, malware is a business to some!) is based on extorting money from users. This continues the trend started by another infamous piece of malware which also extorts its victims, the so-called ‘Police Virus’, which asks users to pay a ‘fine’ to unlock their computers. […]
When Satya Nadella became Microsoft’s CEO, one year ago, he suggested that things were going to change and mobility will be his main focus. Although the company has been trying it for some time now (i.e. when they bought Nokia for over 7.000 million dollars), they have never been able to stand out in the […]
Our recent report, “The Chronicles of the Hellsing APT: the Empire Strikes Back” began with an introduction to the Naikon APT, describing it as “One of the most active APTs in Asia, especially around the South China Sea”. Naikon was mentioned because of its role in what turned out to be a unique and surprising […]
Spam: features of the quarter New domain zones In January 2014 the New gTLD program of registration for new generic top-level domains designated for certain types of communities and organizations was launched. The main advantage of this program is the opportunity for organizations to choose a domain zone that is clearly consistent with their activities […]
It was the year 2004 and Bill Gates dared to predict the spam’s death was near. According to him, in only two years spam wouldn’t be a problem. In 2006 nothing had changed. Eleven years after that failed prediction, spam continues to flood daily our inbox, with huge amounts of emails in unknown languages with […]
BREAKING NEWS! Microsoft has released a bundle of 13 patch updates to fix about four dozen security vulnerabilities in Windows and associated software. Adobe has only pushed updates to fox some critical flaws in Flash Player and Adobe Air software and to fox vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader and Acrobat. Three of Microsoft patches are considered […]
Microsoft released a set of thirteen Security Bulletins (MS015-043 through MS015-055) to start off May 2015, addressing 46 vulnerabilities in a wide set of Microsoft software technologies. Three of these are rated critical for RCE and the rest of the May 2015 Security Bulletins are rated Important. Two of the critical Bulletins (043 and 044) are especially […]