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The Wheels of Justice Turn Slowly
July 27, 2015

On the evening March 14, 2013, a heavily-armed police force surrounded my home in Annandale, Va., after responding to a phony hostage situation that someone had alerted authorities to at our address. I’ve recently received a notice from the U.S. Justice Department stating that one of the individuals involving in that “swatting” incident had pleaded […]

Next Wednesday, July 29th, Microsoft will launch Windows 10. This new version has been gaining lots of attention in recent months and there are many people eagerly waiting what is seen as the launch of the summer. If you are one of those and you have a Panda product, then fear not – Panda Security’s […]

Ever wondered how a ransomware cybercriminal makes money if he has to attack thousands of computers on thousands of different network in hundreds of different countries? News today is about “these data breaches”, “that sneaky malware” or “the latest new exploits”. Many attacks involve some or all of these components. For a successful heist to […]

On November 14, 2014, security researchers from Kaspersky Lab warned LinkedIn, the world’s largest business-oriented social network, about a security issue that could pose a major threat to its 360+ million users. Because LinkedIn attracts so many people in the business community, a security flaw such as this one could help attackers to efficiently execute […]

The day before yesterday was an important day for the information security industry. Investigators announced exploitation of the first ever 0-day vulnerability for cars. The wireless attack was demonstrated on a Jeep Cherokee. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek found the vulnerability in the onboard computer of the car. People have been talking for a long […]

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Spike in ATM Skimming in Mexico?
July 22, 2015

Several sources in the financial industry say they are seeing a spike in fraud on customer cards used at ATMs in Mexico. The reason behind that apparent increase hopefully will be fodder for another story. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at a pair of ATM skimming devices that were found this month attached […]