August 25, 2010 - It's not uncommon for us to see cyber criminals targeting current events or upcoming holidays, but this time we came across a campaign that is several months ahead of schedule. An ongoing Blackhat SEO campaign is heavily targeting Halloween and (continue reading...) Read more
August 25, 2010 - Would you click on the link below? If so, you would quickly find yourself becoming the latest victim in a recent string of Facebook Clickjacking attacks. The HappyMeals and other Clickjacking attacks work by enticing victims with catchy one liners, such (continue reading...) Read more
August 25, 2010 - Quite recently a new rogueware called Advanced Security Tool 2010 entered the scene. This file is being detected as Adware/SecurityTool2010. Besides having a more modern look and a slick interface, it also loads an exploit known as the help center vulnerability. (continue reading...) Read more
August 12, 2010 - The first thing I've said this morning when Asier told me that there was a BlackHat SEO attack on Moshi Monster was "What the hell is a Moshi Monster?" Well, it seems that they have been out there for a (continue reading...) Read more
August 4, 2010 - If you haven't heard already, it's Shark Week on the Discovery Network. Around the clock radio and TV advertisements have fueled massive social network buzz on the Internet and Shark Week remains in the top 3 trending topics on Twitter (continue reading...) Read more
August 3, 2010 - We want to warn you of a new BlackHat SEO attack that we have detected and that aims at distributing rogueware. Be careful when you search for information about Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of President Bill Clinton, who has been in (continue reading...) Read more
July 27, 2010 - The Panda Challenge is over. More people have participated in the 2nd challenge, even though it was way more difficult. In fact, as we thought, no one was able to obtain a valid license key for the game. As announced, in (continue reading...) Read more
July 26, 2010 - A few days ago some arrests in Slovenia were announced. People is wondering if this is really linked to the Mariposa case,as the guys behind Mariposa were from Spain, and the people arrested are from Slovenia. Back in March, when the (continue reading...) Read more
July 24, 2010 - Here you have the second challenge, this is more complex and therefore the prize is an iPad with 3G and 64Gb, the most exensive one, just to compensate for the difficulty ;) In order to solve it, you have to create (continue reading...) Read more
July 21, 2010 - A few days ago, on July 16th, Microsoft published a security advisory: "The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is (continue reading...) Read more
July 19, 2010 - Well, the first challenge has officially come to an end. More than 1000 people downloaded it, though we only received 12 correct answers. Here you have the explanation of the challenge solution detailed by its author, Joxean: The challenge is a (continue reading...) Read more
July 17, 2010 - As promised, this 1st challenge is here: 1st-challenge.exe. To solve it, you have to create one valid license key for 999 users of this program. The license key has to be sent to pandachallenge at pandasecurity dot com before next Monday (continue reading...) Read more
July 16, 2010 - Fernanda Romero, a Mexican actress, was arrested this week for marriage fraud amid allegations. She paid an American man to help her become a U.S. citizen. Whether this is true or not, the bad guys have taken advantage of this and (continue reading...) Read more
July 16, 2010 - Each and every day we see new black hat SEO attacks, where criminals poison search engine results to spread malware. Today we were researching yet another attack, with some world cup terms targeted: When clicking on one of these malicious results, (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2010 - Everyone has friends that from time to time can help you with the move. Even there are friends who help you with your work. Iñaki, a good friend of mine, has become a honeypot, obviously by accident. Several days ago (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2010 - Yesterday we heard about some news regarding the arrest of a group of hackers accused of having launched attacks against several websites: those belonging to PSOE and PP (the main political parties in Spain), and surprisingly the website of Sálvame, (continue reading...) Read more
July 14, 2010 - One of the most frequently asked questions that we receive is, "Is it safe to download pirated software?" The answer? No, in most cases it's not safe. Simply put, peer-to-peer networks are breeding grounds for malware and more specifically Trojans. PandaLabs (continue reading...) Read more
July 8, 2010 - If you're a frequent reader of the PandaLabs blog, then you know that we love creating crypto/crackme challenges. In fact, we have one coming up shortly. I came across a Wired article pointing out a certain sequence of characters embedded (continue reading...) Read more
July 8, 2010 - Last weekend we detected a wave of spam messages used to distribute malware, emails that are still in circulation. It’s an attack mainly aimed at car owners, as the subject of these emails is about some changes in the car tax. It (continue reading...) Read more
July 7, 2010 - AMTSO (the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization) is a coalition of security professionals, including many antivirus product vendors, product testing organizations and publishers, and some interested individuals. Given the highly technical nature of its activities, it is inevitable that the organization (continue reading...) Read more