PANDALABS - Bulletin

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (April - June 2010

Tue, 001 Jul 2010 11:30:00 +0200

We are halfway through 2010 and it is time to take a look at what has been happening over the last few months. Once again, social networks -especially Facebook and Twitter- have been prominent in this second quarter...

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (January - March 2010

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:30:00 +0200

It has been an interesting start to the year. In addition to the usual trends - Trojans on the increase, fake antivirus products continue to spread, cyber-criminals do as they please-, in Q1 we have witnessed two operations that will be difficult to forget: Aurora and Mariposa...

Annual Report PandaLabs 2009

Tue, 004 Jan 2010 11:30:00 +0200

The last 12 months really have marked a turning point in the history of IT security. This has been for several reasons, yet without doubt the main one has been the way in which criminal organizations have consolidated underground business models...

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (July - September 2009)

Tue, 001 Oct 2009 11:30:00 +0200

Here we present the Q3 report, which examines some of the most interesting events of this quarter...

The Business of Rogueware

Tue, 005 Aug 2009 11:30:00 +0200

At the end of 2008, PandaLabs detected almost 55,000 rogueware samples. This study seeks to investigate the growing rogueware economy, its astounding growth and the effects it has had thus far...

Waledac and Social Engineering

Tue, 30 Jul 2009 11:30:00 +0200

This bulletin contains an in-depth analysis of the Waledac family of worms. We?ll discuss its malicious payload, offer statistics about its activity during the first semester of the year, cover the different topics it uses to spread and give you some tips to stay protected...

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (April - June 2009)

Tue, 06 Jul 2009 10:30:00 +0200

Here we present the Q2 report, which examines some of the more interesting events of this quarter...

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (January - March 2009)

Tue, 01 Apr 2009 10:30:00 +0200

Here we present the Q1 report for 2009, which takes a look at some of the most interesting events of this quarter...

Bank details uncovered

Tue, 18 Feb 2009 10:30:00 +0200

Banker Trojans continue to represent a serious threat to users. Even though many banks have increased security measures on their websites, these malicious codes have become more sophisticated and include new functions...

Annual Report PandaLabs 2008

Tue, 31 Dec 2008 10:30:00 +0200

As 2008 comes to an end, we present the last quarterly report, giving us the perfect opportunity to summarize the most important events of the year. We will offer the most relevant data in Q4 and analyze the evolution of malware throughout 2008...

Profitability of rogue antimalware

Tue, 20 Oct 2008 10:30:00 +0200

The last few months have witnessed the appearance of many false anti-malware programs, also known as rogue anti-malware. Even though these types of programs are not at all new, they have proliferated lately due to the significant economic return they bring to cyber-crooks...

Quarterly Report PandaLabs (July - September 2008)

Tue, 003 Oct 2008 10:30:00 +0200

As Q4 begins, it is time we looked back at Q3. You might think that the third quarter of the year would be the calmest, as its when most countries in the northern hemisphere have summer vacation periods. Cyber-crooks, however, dont take summer breaks...

Social Networks in the Spotlight

Tue, 28 Aug 2008 10:30:00 +0200

We live in an increasingly globalized world in which there are many mechanisms for breaking down geographical boundaries. Our concept of communication has changed and social networks have become a useful tool in this new context of global communication...

Legitimate Webs in jeopardy

Tue, 14 Jul 2008 10:30:00 +0200

Although awareness regarding Internet threats has evolved, many users still believe that if you keep away from dubious Web pages you will avoid malware infection...