Millions of users of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser may be at risk, thanks to a ruling handed out by a federal judge on Monday Source: Sophos
Even the inventor of the World Wide Web, Mr. Tim Berners-Lee, can have his password stolen. The hackers were able to access IT resources belonging to the organization that governs the Web (W3C). This makes us wonder: Is there a company that isn’t vulnerable to this type of attack? We all face the same problem: […]
A 2012 data breach that was thought to have exposed 6.5 million hashed passwords for LinkedIn users instead likely impacted more than 117 million accounts, the company now says. In response, the business networking giant said today that it would once again force a password reset for individual users thought to be impacted in the expanded breach. […]
Microsoft has disabled its controversial Wi-Fi Sense feature, a component embedded in Windows 10 devices that shares access to WiFi networks to which you connect with any contacts you may have listed in Outlook and Skype — and, with an opt-in — your Facebook friends. Redmond made the announcement almost as a footnote in its Windows […]
Kidnappers can easily take your digital information using one of the most dreaded types of malware: ransomware. Cyber-criminals are relying more and more on these malicious programs to block our computers. Now, they are asking for larger amounts of money if you want them to “give back” access to your hard-drive. The losses that a business can incur […]
Seven years ago, in 2009, we saw a completely new type of attack on banks. Instead of infecting the computers of thousands of users worldwide, criminals went directly after the ATM itself – infecting it with malware called Skimer. Seven years later, our Global Research and Analysis Team together with Penetration Testing Team have been […]
Ten years ago we started celebrating World Information Society Day on May 17th. On this day, we honor the Information Society and the importance of telecommunications by raising awareness about the Internet and its possibilities, as well as other information and communication technologies (ICT). Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs, pointed out some of the […]
A few years ago, spammers and scammers were not as interested in the Olympics as they were in football (the World Cup and European Championships). The first major increase in the number of spam messages devoted to the Olympic Games occurred in the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014. Since then, their […]
