PandaLabs Annual Report – 2012
Today we are publishing the latest PandaLabs Annual Report, covering the major security news happened during 2012, from mobile malware to cyber-war, covering all major events in different areas such as social netwoks. We cover also the security trends for 2013, as well as some of the main figures related to malware: [...]
Java exploits reloaded
As you probably already know, we detected a 0-day vulnerability in Java 1.7 0 whereby the machine could be exploited by any malware for remote code execution. Only users who use this version of Java are were affected . Fortunately, Oracle has released an emergency update to prevent cybercriminals from taking advantage of it. One of the means the [...]
LinkedIn spam serving Adobe and Java exploits
Today we will be reviewing a cybercriminal’s recipe for success: Hacking LinkedIn’s password (and possibly user-) database. Sending an email to all obtained email addresses, which is urging you to check your LinkedIn inbox as soon as possible. A user unawarely clicking on the link. An exploit gets loaded. Malware gets dropped. Malware gets executed. [...]
PandaLabs Annual Report – 2011
Today we are publishing the PandaLabs report, where you can enjoy an overview of the main figures and security news that have happened in the last 12 months, as well as some figures. You will see how malware creation hit a new record high in 2011 with 26 million samples, that Trojans continue to be [...]
2012 Security Trends
2011 is coming to an end, so now it’s time to try to see what we have to expect for the next 12 months: Social networks: Social engineering techniques exploiting users’ weaknesses have become the leading attack method in social networks. Trending topics such as the Olympics or the next US Presidential elections will be [...]
Hong Kong, AVAR 2011
Greetings from Hong Kong! This week we are enjoying the security conference AVAR, which is taking place in Hong Kong. Some interesting topics are being covered, such as the talk “Malware in EFI”, where Intel’s Igor Muttik showed us how malware could take advantage of the the EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) and the challenges we [...]
Greetings from Barcelona
This week I am in Barcelona, where the Virus Bulletin conference is taking place. I will be attending some preVB meetings, such as the AVPD (AntiVirus Product Developers) hosted by ICSA Labs and the WildList meeting, where we’ll talk about some future plans. All the meetings and the conference itself will take place at the [...]
Xandora presented in the next Hack In The Box conference
In a couple of weeks in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it will take place this year edition of the security conference Hack in the Box. This is a great conference I had the pleasure to talk in last year. This year Panda Security will be also participating, this time it will be KaiJern Lau, our Technical [...]
PandaLabs Report – Q2 2011
We are releasing it right now. Do you want to know what has happened in the computer security field during the last 3 months? Just click on the picture!:
Changes are coming
Next week we’ll publish PandaLabs Report for the 2nd Quarter. This time we have made a few changes. Our team (special kudos to Txema Quintana) has changed (to better) the design of the report, making it easier to read. But this won’t be the only change. Delivering the news in an impersonal manner is OK, [...]
