Spam: features of the quarter Trending: dramatic increase in volume of malicious spam The first quarter of 2016 saw a dramatic increase in the number of unsolicited emails containing malicious attachments. Over the last two years the number of email antivirus detections on computers with a Kaspersky Lab product installed fluctuated between 3 and 6 […]

From fashion and flights to technology and innovation, we love to get a good deal.  We get a thrill out of saving money, and it’s even better when it’s free. There’s a world of freedoms, thanks to popular software and licenses that are offered for free, depending on what interests you. Whether you are a photo-fanatic, music-junkie, or […]

Dreams of a Threat Actor There are two crucial features of the Android OS protection system: it is impossible to download a file without user’s knowledge on a clean device; it is impossible to initialize installation of a third-party app without user’s knowledge on a clean device. These approaches greatly complicate malware writers’ lives: to […]

Microblogging gives us the freedom to turn our thoughts or our status posts into conversations.  Social networks like Twitter have opened doors for this type of instant communication.  Even shorter than Twitter’s 140 characters is bit.Ly, an insanely popular platform for shrinking long URLs.  But as always, with Bitly’s effectiveness and convenience, comes great security risks. Most of us are aware that these shortened […]

Panda Security has been awarded Company of the Year at the 5th Annual “Premios Nacionales El Suplemento“. Organized by the Spanish newspaper El Suplemento by ABC, at the “Premios Nacionales El Suplemento” well-deserved recognition is given to outstanding businesses and their hardworking professionals, who,  despite the current economy, are boosting their efforts to be better leaders, stepup […]

Be careful! Not all anti-virus systems are what they seem and many are more hazardous than helpful for your cyber security, so was said in a recent investigation.  The investigation concluded that, today, most anti-virus’ tend to lower the threshold of Internet browser security.  Can they protect us against external threats?  How effective are they? […]

Recently, we published a report where we discussed the numerous attacks on major hotel chains. The attacks were directed mainly towards credit card theft. Attackers do this by infecting point-of-sale terminals in these types of establishments. A few days ago, one of our Adaptive Defense 360 clients, a luxury hotel chain, suffered an attack. I […]