When it comes to reporting on breaches involving customer accounts at major brands, the news media overall deserves an F-minus. Hardly a week goes by when I don’t hear from readers about a breathless story proclaiming that yet another household brand name company has been hacked. Upon closer inspection, the stories usually are based on […]

The onslaught of malware seems to be unstoppable.  Many of these malware campaigns use the ever popular Angler EK (exploit kit) to distribute different types of malware. Recently, it distributed a ransomware called AlphaCrypt, which seem to imitate TeslaCrypt, but operates like the infamous Cryptowall 3.0.  Soon after, the malicious payload changed.  It is an […]

Technology has for a long time been out of the laboratories and has held, in its own right, a position in the companies’ executive committees. The transformation that ‘digital technology’ is injecting into all types of organizations requires that the top-level executives understand the basis of this new era.  According to Gartner’s report “2014 Gartner […]

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 […]